; (B) are appropriately resourced; and (C) deliver outcomes that are appropriate relative to peer activities and programs (including those undertaken in the civilian community and in military forces of other countries). (3) A description and assessment of any impediments to the effectiveness of such programs and activities. (4) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate for improvements to such programs and activities. (5) Such recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate for additional programs and activities for the prevention of suicide among members of the Armed Forces and their families. 5509. Sense of Congress on local performance of military accession physicals (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) The United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) consists of 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) dispersed throughout the contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. (2) Applicants who must travel to the closest Processing Station are often driven by their military recruiter and receive free lodging at a nearby hotel paid by the Armed Force concerned. (3) In fiscal year 2015, the United States Military Entrance Processing Command processed 473,000 applicants at its Processing Stations, with an aggregate total of 931,000 applicant visits to such Processing Stations in that fiscal year. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) permitting military accession physicals in local communities would allow recruiters to focus on their core recruiting mission