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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC1178]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                         CHAPTER 59--SEPARATION
 
Sec. 1178. System and procedures for tracking separations 
        resulting from refusal to participate in anthrax vaccine 
        immunization program
        
    (a) Requirement To Establish System.--The Secretary of each military 
department shall establish a system for tracking, recording, and 
reporting separations of members of the armed forces under the 
Secretary's jurisdiction that result from procedures initiated as a 
result of a refusal to participate in the anthrax vaccine immunization 
program.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary of Defense shall consolidate the 
information recorded under the system described in subsection (a) and 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives not later than April 1 of each year a report on 
such information. Each such report shall include a description of--
        (1) the number of members separated, categorized by military 
    department, grade, and active-duty or reserve status; and
        (2) any other information determined appropriate by the 
    Secretary.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VII, Sec. 751(a)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-193.)


                       Comptroller General Report

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title VII, Sec. 751(d)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-194, provided that:
    ``(1) Not later than April 1, 2002, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives a report on the effect of the Department of Defense 
anthrax vaccine immunization program on the recruitment and retention of 
active duty and reserve military personnel and civilian personnel of the 
Department of Defense. The study shall cover the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 30, 2000] and ending on December 
31, 2001.
    ``(2) The Comptroller General shall include in the report required 
by paragraph (1) a description of any personnel actions (including 
transfer, termination, or reassignment of any personnel) taken as a 
result of the refusal of any civilian employee of the Department of 
Defense to participate in the anthrax vaccine immunization program.''
