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(1) identify the most effective mechanism or
mechanisms for the payment of premiums under the
Reserve Dental Insurance program for members of the
reserve components of the Armed Forces and their de-
pendents, including by deduction from reserve pay, by
direct collection, or by other means (including appro-
priate mechanisms from other military benefits pro-
grams), to ensure uninterrupted availability of pre-
mium payments regardless of whether members are
performing active duty with pay or inactive-duty
training with pay;
(2) include such matters relating to the Reserve
Dental Insurance program as the Secretary considers
appropriate; and
(3) assess the effectiveness of mechanisms for in-
forming the members of the reserve components of the
Armed Forces of the availability of, and benefits
under, the Reserve Dental Insurance program.
(c) REPORT.—Not later than February 1, 2007, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report on the study required by subsection (a). The
report shall include the findings of the study and such rec-
ommendations for legislative or administrative action re-
garding the Reserve Dental Insurance program as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate in light of the study.
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(d) RESERVE DENTAL INSURANCE PROGRAM DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘Reserve Dental Insur-
ance program’’ includes—
(1) the dental insurance plan required under
paragraph (1) of section 1076a(a) of title 10, United
States Code; and
(2) any dental insurance plan established under
paragraph (2) or (4) of section 1076a(a) of title 10,
United States Code.
TITLE XVI—TRANSITION
SERVICES
SEC. 1601. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Veterans’ Enhanced
Transition Services Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 1602. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSITIONAL
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
(a) PRESEPARATION COUNSELING.—Section 1142 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (4) as
paragraph (5); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraph (4):
‘‘(4) For members of the reserve components of the
armed forces (including members of the National Guard on
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active duty under title 32) who have been serving on active
duty continuously for at least 180 days, the Secretary con-
cerned shall provide preseparation counseling under this
section on an individual basis to all such members before
such members are separated.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(4) In-
formation concerning’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(4) Provision of information on civilian occu-
pations and related assistance programs, including
information concerning—
‘‘(A) certification and licensure require-
ments that are applicable to civilian occupa-
tions;
‘‘(B) civilian occupations that correspond to
military occupational specialties; and
‘‘(C)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(11) Information concerning the priority of
service for veterans in the receipt of employment,
training, and placement services provided under
qualified job training programs of the Department of
Labor.
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‘‘(12) Information concerning veterans small
business ownership and entrepreneurship programs of
the Small Business Administration and the National
Veterans Business Development Corporation.
‘‘(13) Information concerning employment and
reemployment rights and obligations under chapter
43 of title 38.
‘‘(14) Information concerning veterans preference
in federal employment and federal procurement op-
portunities.
‘‘(15) Contact information for housing coun-
seling assistance.
‘‘(16) A description, developed in consultation
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, of health care
and other benefits to which the member may be enti-
tled under the laws administered by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of
such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 1142. 
Members 
separating 
from 
active 
duty:
preseparation counseling’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 58 of title 10,