Report on time required for a board to consider a review of a discharge or dismissal from the Armed Forces based on matters relating to post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury

(a) Report required (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report regarding the periods required for a board established under section 1552 or 1553 of title 10, United States Code, to make a determination in a case involving liberal consideration. (2) Elements The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An analysis of the time of such periods, disaggregated by military department. (B) An explanation of the differences between such periods, disaggregated by military department. (C) The number of personnel assigned to review, process, and consider such cases. (D) Recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, which the Secretary may develop in consultation with Federal entities that serve members of the Armed Forces or veterans, to expedite the consideration of such cases. (3) Form The report shall be submitted in unclassified form. (4) Publication The executive summary of the report shall be published on a publicly accessible website of— (A) the Department of Defense; and (B) the Department of Veterans Affairs. (b) Briefing Not later than 30 days after submitting the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of such report. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) The term appropriate congressional committees means— (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; (C) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (D) the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate. (2) The term liberal consideration is used as such term is used in section 1552(h) and 1553(d) of title 10, United States Code.