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SEC. 545. CONSOLIDATION OF MILITARY DEPARTMENT AU-
THORITY TO ISSUE ARMS, TENTAGE, AND 
EQUIPMENT TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 
NOT MAINTAINING UNITS OF JUNIOR ROTC. 
(a) CONSOLIDATION.—Chapter 152 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2552 the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 2552a. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational 
institutions not maintaining units of Jun-
ior R.O.T.C. 
‘‘The Secretary of a military department may issue 
arms, tentage, and equipment to an educational institution 
at which no unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps is maintained if the educational institution— 
‘‘(1) offers a course in military training pre-
scribed by that Secretary; and 
‘‘(2) has a student body of at least 100 phys-
ically fit students over 14 years of age.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEALS.—Sections 4651, 7911, and 
9651 of such title are repealed. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 152 of such title is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 2552 the following new 
item:
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‘‘2552a. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational institutions not maintaining 
units of Junior R.O.T.C.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 441 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 4651. 
(3) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 667 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 7911. 
(4) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 941 of such title is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 9651. 
SEC. 546. TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO WAIVE MAXIMUM AGE 
LIMITATION ON ADMISSION TO THE MILI-
TARY SERVICE ACADEMIES. 
(a) WAIVER FOR CERTAIN ENLISTED MEMBERS.—The 
Secretary of the military department concerned may waive 
the maximum age limitation specified in section 4346(a), 
6958(a)(1), or 9346(a) of title 10, United States Code, for 
the admission of an enlisted member of the Armed Forces 
to the United States Military Academy, the United States 
Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy 
if the member— 
(1) satisfies the eligibility requirements for ad-
mission to that academy (other than the maximum 
age limitation); and
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(2) was or is prevented from being admitted to 
a military service academy before the member reached 
the maximum age specified in such sections as a re-
sult of service on active duty in a theater of oper-
ations for Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation En-
during Freedom, or Operation New Dawn. 
(b) MAXIMUM AGE
FOR RECEIPT
OF WAIVER.—A 
waiver may not be granted under this section if the can-
didate would pass the candidate’s twenty-sixth birthday by 
July 1 of the year in which the candidate would enter the 
military service academy pursuant to the waiver. 
(c) LIMITATION ON NUMBER ADMITTED USING WAIV-
ER.—Not more than five candidates may be admitted to 
each of the military service academies for an academic year 
pursuant to a waiver granted under this section. 
(d) RECORD KEEPING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary 
of each military department shall maintain records on the 
number of graduates of the military service academy under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary who are admitted pursuant 
to a waiver granted under this section and who remain in 
the Armed Forces beyond the active duty service obligation 
assumed upon graduation. The Secretary shall compare 
their retention rate to the retention rate of graduates of that 
academy generally.
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(e) REPORTS.—Not later than April 1, 2016, the Sec-
retary of each military department shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives a report specifying— 
(1) the number of applications for waivers re-
ceived by the Secretary under this section; 
(2) the number of waivers granted by the Sec-
retary under this section; 
(3) the number of candidates actually admitted 
to the military service academy under the jurisdiction 
of the Secretary pursuant to a waiver granted by the 
Secretary under this section; and 
(4) beginning with the class of 2009, the number 
of graduates of the military service academy under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary who, before admission 
to that academy, were enlisted members of the Armed 
Forces and who remain in the Armed Forces beyond 
the active duty service obligation assumed upon grad-
uation. 
(f) DURATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The authority 
to grant a waiver under this section expires on September 
30, 2016.
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SEC. 547. PILOT PROGRAM ON RECEIPT OF CIVILIAN 
CREDENTIALING FOR SKILLS REQUIRED FOR 
MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Commencing not 
later than nine months after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot 
program to assess the feasibility and advisability of permit-
ting enlisted members of the Armed Forces to obtain civil-
ian credentialing or licensing for skills required for mili-
tary occupational specialties (MOS) or qualification for 
duty specialty codes. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—In carrying out the pilot program, 
the Secretary shall— 
(1) designate not less than three or more than 
five military occupational specialities or duty spe-
ciality codes for coverage under the pilot program; 
and 
(2) permit enlisted members of the Armed Forces 
to obtain the credentials or licenses required for the 
specialities or codes so designated through civilian 
credentialing or licensing entities, institutions, or 
bodies selected by the Secretary for purposes of the 
pilot program, whether concurrently with military 
training, at the completion of military training, or 
both.
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(c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after commence-
ment of the pilot program, the Secretary shall submit to 
Congress a report on the pilot program. The report shall 
set forth the following: 
(1) The number of enlisted members who partici-
pated in the pilot program. 
(2) A description of the costs incurred by the De-
partment of Defense in connection with the receipt by 
members of credentialing or licensing under the pilot 
program. 
(3) A comparison the cost associated with receipt 
by members of credentialing or licensing under the 
pilot program with the cost of receipt of similar 
credentialing or licensing by recently-discharged vet-
erans of the Armed Forces under programs currently 
operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and 
the Department of Labor. 
(4) The recommendation of the Secretary as to 
the feasibility and advisability of expanding the pilot 
program to additional military occupational special-
ties or duty specialty codes, and, if such expansion is 
considered feasible and advisable, a list of the mili-
tary occupational specialties and duty specialty codes 
recommended for inclusion the expansion.