section. (f) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 204. Joint market research and recruiting program to advance military and national service (a) Program authorized The Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps may carry out a joint market research, market studies, recruiting, and advertising program to complement the existing programs of the military departments, the national service programs administered by the Corporation, and the Peace Corps. (b) Information sharing permitted Section 503 of title 10, United States Code, shall not be construed to prohibit sharing of information among, or joint marketing efforts of, the Department of Defense, the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Peace Corps to carry out this section. (c) Authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for carrying out this section. 205. Information sharing to advance military and national service (a) Establishment of plan The Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish a joint plan to provide applicants who are either ineligible or otherwise not selected for service in the Armed Forces, in a national service program administered by the Corporation, or in the Peace Corps, with information about the forms of such service for which they have not applied. (b) Report to congress Not later than 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to Congress a report on the plan established under subsection (a). 206. Transition opportunities for military servicemembers and national service participants (a) Employment