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‘‘(4) The Secretary concerned shall prescribe regula-
tions setting forth any other events and circumstances (in 
addition to the events and circumstances described in para-
graph (2)) upon which the training required by this sub-
section will be provided.’’. 
(c) SURVEY OF MEMBERS’ FINANCIAL LITERACY AND 
PREPAREDNESS.—Section 992 of title 10, United States 
Code, is further amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following 
new subsection (d): 
‘‘(d) FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PREPAREDNESS SUR-
VEY.—(1) The Director of the Defense Manpower Data Cen-
ter shall annually include in the status of forces survey a 
survey of the status of the financial literacy and prepared-
ness of members of the armed forces. 
‘‘(2) The results of the annual financial literacy and 
preparedness survey— 
‘‘(A) shall be used by each of the Secretaries con-
cerned as a benchmark to evaluate and update train-
ing provided under this section; and 
‘‘(B) shall be submitted to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
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(d) FINANCIAL SERVICES DEFINED.—Subsection (e) of 
section 992 of title 10, United States Code, as redesignated 
by subsection (c)(1) of this section, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) Health insurance, budget management, 
Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), retirement lump sum 
payments (including rollover options and tax con-
sequences), and Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) .’’. 
(e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
992 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 992. Financial literacy training: financial serv-
ices’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 50 of such title is amend-
ed by striking the item related to section 992 and in-
serting the following new item: 
‘‘992. Financial literacy training: financial services.’’. 
(f) IMPLEMENTATION.—Not later than six months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned and the Secretary of the De-
partment in which the Coast Guard is operating shall com-
mence providing financial literacy training under section 
992 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by sub-
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sections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, to members of the 
Armed Forces. 
TITLE VII—HEALTH CARE 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—TRICARE and Other 
Health Care Benefits 
SEC. 701. JOINT UNIFORM FORMULARY FOR TRANSITION 
OF CARE. 
(a) JOINT FORMULARY.—Not later than June 1, 2016, 
the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs shall jointly establish a joint uniform formulary for 
the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of 
Defense with respect to pharmaceutical agents that are crit-
ical for the transition of an individual from receiving treat-
ment furnished by the Secretary of Defense to treatment fur-
nished by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
(b) SELECTION.—The Secretaries shall select for inclu-
sion on the joint uniform formulary established under sub-
section (a) pharmaceutical agents relating to— 
(1) the control of pain, sleep disorders, and psy-
chiatric conditions, including post-traumatic stress 
disorder; and 
(2) any other conditions determined appropriate 
by the Secretaries. 
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 2016, the Secre-
taries shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report on the joint uniform formulary estab-
lished under subsection (a), including a list of the pharma-
ceutical agents selected for inclusion on the formulary. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees; 
and 
(B) the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘pharmaceutical agent’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 1074g(g) of title 
10, United States Code. 
(e) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1074g(a)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘With re-
spect to members of the uniformed services, such uniform 
formulary shall include pharmaceutical agents on the joint 
uniform formulary established under section 701 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016.’’. 
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SEC. 702. ACCESS TO BROAD RANGE OF METHODS OF CON-
TRACEPTION APPROVED BY THE FOOD AND 
DRUG ADMINISTRATION FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES AND MILITARY DEPEND-
ENTS AT MILITARY TREATMENT FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Commencing not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that every military medical 
treatment facility has a sufficient stock of a broad range 
of methods of contraception approved by the Food and Drug 
Administration to be able to dispense any such method of 
contraception to any women members of the Armed Forces 
and female covered beneficiaries who receive care through 
such facility. 
(b) COVERED BENEFICIARY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered beneficiary’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 1072(5) of title 10, United States Code. 
SEC. 703. ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVE METHOD FOR DURA-
TION OF DEPLOYMENT. 
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, whenever 
possible, a female member of the Armed Forces who uses 
prescription contraception on a long-term basis should be 
given prior to deployment a sufficient supply of the pre-
scription contraceptive for the duration of the deployment. 
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