PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 637 (1) the findings of the Comptroller General; (2) the standards of confidentiality and ethical standards issued by relevant professional organizations; (3) applicable requirements of Federal and State law; (4) the best interest of victims of sexual harassment, sexual assault, or intrafamily abuse; (5) military necessity; and (6) such other factors as the Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, may consider appropriate. (c) REPORT BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. — Not later than January Deadline. 21, 2000, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the actions taken under subsection (b) and any other actions taken by the Secretary to provide the maximum possible protections for confidentiality described in that subsection. SEC. 586. MEMBERS UNDER BURDENSOME PERSONNEL TEMPO. (a) MANAGEMENT OF DEPLOYMENTS OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS. — Part II of subtitle A of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 49 the following new chapter: "CHAPTER 50—MISCELLANEOUS COMMAND RESPONSIBILITIES "Sec. "991. Management of deployments of members. "§ 991. Management of deployments of members "(a) GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER RESPONSIBILITIES.—(1) The deployment (or potential deployment) of a member of the armed forces shall be managed, during any period when the member is a high-deployment days member, by the officer in the chain of command of that member who is the lowest-ranking general or flag officer in that chain of command. That officer shall ensure that the member is not deployed, or continued in a deployment, on any day on which the total number of days on which the member has been deployed out of the preceding 365 days would exceed 220 unless an officer in the grade of general or admiral in the member's chain of command approves the deployment, or continued deployment, of the member. "(2) In this section, the term 'high-deployment days member' means a member who has been deployed 182 days or more out of the preceding 365 days. "(b) DEPLOYMENT DEFINED. —(1) For the purposes of this section, a member of the armed forces shall be considered to be deployed or in a deployment on any day on which, pursuant to orders, the member is performing service in a training exercise or operation at a location or under circumstances that make it impossible or infeasible for the member to spend off-duty time in the housing in which the member resides when on garrison duty at the member's permanent duty station. "(2) For the purposes of this section, a member is not deployed or in a depl oyment when the member is— "(A) performing service as a student or trainee at a school (including any Government school); or "(B) performing administrative, guard, or detail duties in garrison at the member's permanent duty station. "(3) The Secretary of Defense may prescribe a definition of deplo)nment for the purposes of this section other than the definition
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