; and (2) ends 180 days after the date of the permanent change of station. . (2) Clerical amendment The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter I of chapter 88 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1784a the following new item: 1784b. Relocation of spouses and dependents in connection with the permanent change of station of certain members. . (3) Effective date The amendments made by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to permanent changes of station of members of the Armed Forces that occur on or after the date that is 180 days after such effective date. (b) Comptroller General of the United States report (1) Report required Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on potential actions of the Department of Defense to enhance the stability of military families undergoing a permanent change of station. (2) Elements The report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) A comparison of the current percentage of spouses in military families who work with the percentage of spouses in military families who worked in the recent past, and an assessment of the impact of the change in such percentage on military families. (B) An assessment of the effects of relocation of military families undergoing a permanent change of station on the employment, education, and licensure of spouses of military families. (C) An assessment of the effects of relocation of military families undergoing a permanent change of station on military children, including effect on their mental health. (D) An identification of potential actions of the Department to enhance the stability of military families undergoing a permanent change of station and to generate cost savings in connection with such changes of station. (E) Such other matters as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. (3) Additional element on