118 STAT. 1994 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (b) JOINT MEDICAL READINESS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.— (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense shall estab lish a Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Committee. (2) COMPOSITION.—The members of the Committee are as follows: (A) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, who shall chair the Committee. (B) The Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, the Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corp. (C) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. (D) The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. (E) The Surgeon General of each of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. (F) The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. (G) The Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs. (H) The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Man power, Reserve Affairs, Installations, and Environment. (I) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau. (J) The Chief of Army Reserve. (K) The Chief of Naval Reserve. (L) The Chief of Air Force Reserve. (M) The Commander, Marine Corps Reserve. (N) The Director of the Defense Manpower Data Center. (O) A representative of the Department of Veterans Affairs designated by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (3) DUTIES.—The duties of the Committee are as follows: (A) To advise the Secretary of Defense on the medical readiness and health status of the members of the active and reserve components of the Armed Forces. (B) To advise the Secretary of Defense on the compli ance of the Armed Forces with the medical readiness tracking and health surveillance policies of the Department of Defense. (C) To oversee the development and implementation of the comprehensive plan required by subsection (a) and the actions required by this title and the amendments made by this title, including with respect to matters relating to— (i) the health status of the members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces; (ii) accountability for medical readiness; (iii) medical tracking and health surveillance; (iv) declassification of information on environ mental hazards; (v) postdeployment health care for members of the Armed Forces; and (vi) compliance with Department of Defense and other applicable policies on blood serum repositories. (D) To ensure unity and integration of efforts across functional and organizational lines within the Department
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