(A)

by striking The Director of the Defense Manpower Data Center and inserting The Secretary of Defense; and

(B)

by striking armed forces. and inserting the following:

armed forces that includes prompts intended to identify the following:

(A)

The current level of financial literacy among members of the Armed Forces who are enlisted members in a pay grade of E–7 or below or commissioned officers in a pay grade of O–4 or below.

(B)

The preferred methods of financial education delivery for members of the Armed Forces, including whether members prefer—

(i)

in-person instruction;

(ii)

online training modules;

(iii)

mobile applications;

(iv)

peer-to-peer learning programs;

(v)

financial counseling sessions; or

(vi)

any other delivery methods identified by such members.

(C)

The specific financial topics of greatest interest and need to the members, including whether members are interested in—

(i)

income management;

(ii)

debt management and credit repair;

(iii)

saving and investing strategies;

(iv)

home buying and mortgage financing;

(v)

transition financial planning;

(vi)

insurance needs and options;

(vii)

tuition assistance and education financing; or

(viii)

deployment and relocation financial planning.

(D)

Any barriers to participation in existing financial literacy training programs.

(E)

Recommendations from members of the Armed Forces for improving financial literacy training programs.; and

(A)

by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and

(B)

by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph:

(A)

shall be compiled by the Director in such a way as to protect the privacy of the respondents to such survey;

(A)

determining which standardized performance measures, if any, are needed to measure the effectiveness of the financial education efforts of the Department of Defense; and

(B)

the implementation of such performance measures; and