; table of contents. Sec. 2. Recodification, consolidation, and improvement of certain transition-related counseling and assistance authorities. Sec. 3. Connections of members retiring or separating from the Armed Forces with community-based organizations and related entities. Sec. 4. Personnel matters in connection with Transition Assistance Program. Sec. 5. Systems for tracking participation in Transition Assistance Program and related programs. Sec. 6. Information on members of the Armed Forces participating in preseparation counseling and surveys on member experiences with Transition Assistance Program counseling and services and in transition to civilian life. Sec. 7. Command matters in connection with transition assistance programs. Sec. 8. Comptroller General of the United States report on participation in transition assistance programs at small and remote military installations. Sec. 9. Education of members of the Armed Forces on career readiness and professional development. Sec. 10. Sense of Congress on Transition Assistance Program and other transition-related assistance for members of the Armed Forces. 2. Recodification, consolidation, and improvement of certain transition-related counseling and assistance authorities (a) Recodification, consolidation, and improvement of authorities (1) In general Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking sections 1142 and 1144 and inserting after section 1141 the following new section 1142: 1142. Transition-related counseling and services: Transition Assistance Program (a) Program required (1) In general The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy shall, in cooperation with the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, carry out a program to furnish individual counseling, information and services described in paragraph (2) to members of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of