and Readiness, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, shall conduct a pilot program with the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency to recruit military spouses into a paid internship pilot program that includes specific training and on-the-job training designed to prepare the spouse for a position within the national security field, including the Federal Government and cleared industry. (b) Duration The Under Secretary of Personnel and Readiness shall conduct the pilot program for a period not to exceed three years. (c) Security training The pilot program under this section shall permit military spouses the opportunity to gain experience in a variety of areas, including security clearance background investigations and personnel vetting, industrial security and critical technology protection, and counterintelligence analysis. (d) Reports (1) Interim report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the status of the pilot program that shall include the following: (A) Number of spouses that entered the pilot program. (B) Metrics to be used to measure the effectiveness of the pilot program. (C) A description of the employment positions that spouses entered into after the pilot program. (2) Final report Not later than 180 days after the end of the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional committees specified in paragraph (1) a final report on the pilot program that shall include the following: (A) Number of spouses that completed the pilot program. (B) An evaluation of the pilot program using the metrics of assessment set forth pursuant to paragraph (1)(B). (C) A description of the employment positions that spouses entered into following the pilot program.