Modifications to payment of tuition for off-duty training or education

(a) Authority Section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in the heading, by inserting and institution fees after tuition; (2) in subsection (a), by striking tuition or expenses and inserting tuition, expenses, or institution fees; and (3) in subsection (c), by striking tuition or expenses each place it appears and inserting tuition, expenses, or institution fees. (b) Increase in per-semester hour cap The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations increasing the limit on tuition assistance per-semester-hour under section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, to $350. (c) Annual report Section 2007 of title 10, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) The Secretary of Defense shall annually submit to the congressional defense committees a report on outcomes related to off-duty and voluntary education and training for members of the armed forces. Such report shall include— (1) the amount of funds used to provide such education and training; (2) the number of members of the armed forces receiving assistance with such education and training sections 2005, 2006a, and 2007 of this title; (3) an analysis of the compliance of the use of such funds with the requirements of sections 2005, 2006a, and 2007 of this title; (4) an analysis of the relationship between the use of funds to provide such education and training to members and the educational attainment, retention, mission readiness, and transition readiness of such members and the recruitment of new members; and (5) an analysis of the potential severing of an annual limit per member on the provision of such funds and a per-semester-hour limit..