Joint report to congress on initiatives to integrate military and national service

(a) Reporting requirement Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act and quadrennially thereafter, the Chair of the Interagency Council on Service, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps, shall submit a joint report on cross-service marketing, research, and promotion, including recommendations for increasing joint advertising and recruitment initiatives for the Armed Forces, programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Peace Corps, to the following congressional committees: (1) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. (2) The Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. (3) The Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives. (4) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. (5) The Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives. (6) The Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (7) The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (8) The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. (9) The Committee on Education and Workforce of the House of Representatives. (b) Contents of report Each report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) The number of Peace Corps volunteers and participants in national service programs administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service, who previously served as a member of the Armed Forces. (2) The number of members of the Armed Forces who previously served in the Peace Corps or in a program administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service. (3) An assessment of existing (as of the date of the report submission) joint recruitment and advertising initiatives undertaken by the Department of Defense, the Peace Corps, or the Corporation for National and Community Service. (4) An assessment of the feasibility and cost of expanding such existing initiatives. (5) An assessment of ways to improve the ability of the reporting agencies to recruit individuals from the other reporting agencies. (6) A description of the information and data used to develop any initiative or campaign intended to advance military service or national service, including with respect to any activity carried out under section 3. (c) Consultation The Chair of the Interagency Council on Service, the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps shall undertake studies of recruiting efforts that are necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. Such studies may be conducted using any funds appropriated to those entities under Federal law other than this Act.