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[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3349 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3349

   To amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the distance 
  education program developed by the Department of Defense to provide 
advanced joint professional military education through a combination of 
   non-resident and resident instruction as equivalent to the joint 
    professional military education phase II program consisting of 
                  exclusively of resident instruction.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2011

   Mr. Griffin of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the distance 
  education program developed by the Department of Defense to provide 
advanced joint professional military education through a combination of 
   non-resident and resident instruction as equivalent to the joint 
    professional military education phase II program consisting of 
                  exclusively of resident instruction.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Guard and Reserve Equality 
in Education Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO USE NON-RESIDENT COMPONENT TO PROVIDE PORTION 
              OF JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION PHASE II PROGRAM 
              OF INSTRUCTION.

    (a) Authorization of Distance Education Program for Phase II 
Instruction.--Section 2154(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ``taught in residence at'' and inserting ``taught 
in residence at, or through a combination of distance learning and 
resident instruction by''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment Regarding Duration of Principal Course of 
Instruction at Joint Forces Staff College.--Section 2156(a) of such 
title is amended by striking ``than 10 weeks of resident instruction.'' 
and inserting the following: ``than--
            ``(1) 10 weeks of resident instruction; or
            ``(2) if the principal course of instruction includes a 
        distance learning component, 160 hours of resident 
        instruction.''.
    (c) Treatment of Officers Who Previously Completed Distance 
Education Program.--In the case of each officer of the Armed Forces 
who, before the date of the enactment of this Act, completed the 
distance education program developed by the Department of Defense to 
provide advanced joint professional military education through a 
combination of distance learning and resident instruction, but who was 
awarded credit for only Phase I joint professional military education 
upon completion of the program, the Secretary of Defense shall award 
the officer retroactive credit for Phase II joint professional military 
education.
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