; and (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives. 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 Homeland Security, as applicable, whose retirement, separation, or release from active duty is anticipated as of a specific date, and to the spouses of such members. The program shall be known as the Transition Assistance Program . (2) Counseling, information, and services The counseling, information, and services furnished under the program (in this section referred to as covered counseling, information, and services ) shall include the following in connection with the transition from military life to civilian life: (A) Information on the topics described in subsection (f). (B) Training, employment assistance, and other related information and services, including as described in subsection (h). (C) Such other counseling, information, and services as the Secretaries referred to in paragraph (1) consider appropriate to assist members of the armed forces, and their spouses, in the transition from military life to civilian life. (3) Agreement The Secretaries referred to in paragraph (1) (in this section