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103 STAT. 1464 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 assistance programs to provide the relocation assistance described in subsection (b). The Secretary shall establish such a program in each geographic area in which at least 500 members of the Armed Forces are assigned to or serving at a military installation. A member who is not stationed within a geographic area that contains such a program shall be given access to such a program. The Secretary shall ensure that persons on the staff of each program are trained in the techniques and delivery of professional relocation assistance. (2) The Secretary shall ensure that, not later than September 30, 1991, information available through each military relocation assist- ance prc^ram shall be managed through a computerized informa- tion siystem that can interact with all other military relocation assistance programs of the military departments, including pro- grams located outside the continental United States. (3) Duties of each military relocation assistance prc^ram shall include assisting personnel office on the military installation in using the computerized information available through the program to help provide members of the Armed Forces who are deciding whether to reenlist information on locations of possible future duty assignments. (d) DIRECTOR.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish the posi- tion of Director of Military Relocation Assistance Prc^rams in the office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel). The Director shall oversee development and im- plementation of the military relocation assistance programs under this section. (e) REGULATIONS.—This section shall be administered under regu- lations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense. (f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 each year, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of Military Reloca- tion Assistance Programs, shall submit to Congress a report on the program under this section and on military family relocation mat- ters. The report shall include the following: (1) An assessment of available, affordable private-sector hous- ing for members of the Armed Forces and their families. (2) An assessment of the actual nonreimbursed costs incurred by members of the Armed Forces and their families who are ordered to make a change of permanent station. (3) Information (shown by military installation) on the types of locations at which members of the Armed Forces assigned to duty at military installations live, including the number of members of the Armed Forces who live on a military installa- tion and the number who do not live on a military installation. (4) Information on the effects of the relocation assistance programs established under this section on the quality of life of members of the Armed Forces and their families and on reten- tion and productivity of members of the Armed Forces. (g) iNAPPLiCABiLrry TO CJOAST GUARD. — Th is section does not apply to the Coast Guard. (h) DEADLINE FOR REGULATIONS. —The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to implement this section not later than July 1, 1990. (i) REPORT ON PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— Not later than March 1, 1990, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Commit- tees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on a plan for the full implementation of the programs