all the Armed Forces and both the regular and reserve components of the Armed Forces. (e) Selection and commencement The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly select the locations of the pilot program under subsection (d)(1) and commence carrying out activities under the pilot program by not later than September 30, 2024. (f) Duration The duration of the pilot program shall be five years. (g) Reports (1) In general Not later than one year after the commencement of the pilot program, and annually thereafter during the duration of the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall jointly submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the activities under the pilot program. (2) Elements Each report required by paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) The demographic information of the members and former members of the Armed Forces who participated in the pilot program during the one-year period ending on the date of such report. (B) A description of the activities under the pilot program during such period. (C) An assessment of the benefits of the activities under the pilot program during such period to members and former members of the Armed Forces. (D) An assessment of whether the activities under the pilot program as of the date of such report have met the targeted outcomes of the pilot program among members and former members who participated in the pilot program within one year of discharge or release from the Armed Forces. (E) Such recommendations as the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs jointly consider appropriate regarding the feasibility and advisability of expansion of the pilot program, extension of the pilot program, or both. (h) Appropriate committees of congress defined In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate