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the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2018. 
SEC. 555. REPEAL OF PROGRAM ON ENCOURAGEMENT OF 
POSTSEPARATION PUBLIC AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE. 
(a) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1143a of title 10, 
United States Code, is repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 58 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
1143a. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1144(b) of 
such title is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (8); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (9), (10), and 
(11) as paragraphs (8), (9), and (10), respectively. 
SEC. 556. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST MEMBERS 
IN OBTAINING PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS. 
Section 2015 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) 
as subsections (c) through (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection (b):
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‘‘(b) PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS NOT RELATED TO 
MILITARY TRAINING AND SKILLS.—Under the program re-
quired by this section, the Secretary of Defense, and the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, with respect to the Coast 
Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, 
may enable members of the armed forces to obtain, while 
serving in the armed forces, professional credentials for 
which such members are other otherwise qualified that do 
not relate to military training and skills if such Secretary 
determines that such action is in the best interests of the 
United States.’’. 
SEC. 557. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION 
WITH JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING 
CORPS PROGRAMS. 
(a) FLEXIBILITY IN AUTHORITIES FOR MANAGEMENT 
OF PROGRAMS AND UNITS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 102 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 2034. Flexibility in authorities for management of 
programs and units 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO CONVERT OTHERWISE CLOSING 
UNITS TO NATIONAL DEFENSE CADET CORPS PROGRAM 
UNITS.—If the Secretary of a military department is noti-
fied by a local educational agency of the intent of the agency
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to close its Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, the 
Secretary shall offer the agency the option of converting the 
unit to a National Defense Cadet Corps (NDCC) program 
unit in lieu of closing the unit. 
‘‘(b) FLEXIBILITY IN ADMINISTRATION OF INSTRUC-
TORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretaries of the mili-
tary departments may, without regard to any other 
provision of this chapter, undertake initiatives de-
signed to promote flexibility in the hiring and com-
pensation of instructors for the Junior Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps program under the jurisdiction 
of such Secretaries. 
‘‘(2) ELEMENTS.—The initiatives undertaken 
pursuant to this subsection may provide for one or 
more of the following: 
‘‘(A) Termination of the requirement for a 
waiver as a condition of the hiring of well-quali-
fied non-commissioned officers with a bachelor’s 
degree for senior instructor positions within the 
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. 
‘‘(B) Specification of a single instructor as 
the minimum number of instructors required to 
found and operate a Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps unit.
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‘‘(C) Authority for Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps instructors to undertake school 
duties, in addition to Junior Reserve Officers’ 
Training Corps duties, at small schools. 
‘‘(D) Authority for the payment of instruc-
tor compensation for a limited number of Junior 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructors on a 
10-month per year basis rather than a 12-month 
per year basis. 
‘‘(E) Such other actions as the Secretaries 
of the military departments consider appro-
priate. 
‘‘(c) FLEXIBILITY IN ALLOCATION AND USE OF TRAV-
EL FUNDING.—The Secretaries of the military departments 
shall take appropriate actions to provide so-called regional 
directors of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 
programs located at remote rural schools enhanced discre-
tion in the allocation and use of funds for travel in connec-
tion with Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps activi-
ties. 
‘‘(d) STANDARDIZATION
OF PROGRAM DATA.—The 
Secretary of Defense shall take appropriate actions to 
standardize the data collected and maintained on the Jun-
ior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in order to 
facilitate and enhance the collection and analysis of such
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data. Such actions shall include a requirement for the use 
of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 
identification code for each school with a unit under a Jun-
ior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in order to 
facilitate identification of such schools and their units 
under the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps pro-
grams.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 102 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item: 
‘‘2034. Flexibility in authorities for management of programs and units.’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY FOR ADDITIONAL UNITS.—The Secre-
taries of the military departments may, using amounts au-
thorized to be appropriated by this Act and available in 
the funding tables in sections 4301 and 4401 for purposes 
of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs, 
establish an aggregate of not more than 100 units under 
the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in 
low-income and rural areas of the United States and areas 
of the United States currently underserved by the Junior 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs.
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Subtitle 
F—Defense 
Dependents’ 
Education and Military Family 
Readiness Matters 
PART I—DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION 
MATTERS 
SEC. 561. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 
by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance 
for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table 
in section 4301, $40,000,000 shall be available only for the 
purpose of providing assistance to local educational agen-
cies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 7013(9) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9)).
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SEC. 562. IMPACT AID FOR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DIS-
ABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount authorized to be ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2019 pursuant to section 301 and 
available for operation and maintenance for Defense-wide 
activities as specified in the funding table in section 4301, 
$10,000,000 shall be available for payments under section 
363 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public 
Law 106–398; 114 Stat. 1654A–77; 20 U.S.C. 7703a). 
(b) USE OF CERTAIN AMOUNT.—Of the amount avail-
able under subsection (a) for payments as described in that 
subsection, $5,000,000 shall be available for such payments 
to local educational agencies determined by the Secretary 
of Defense, in the discretion of the Secretary, to have higher 
concentrations of military children with severe disabilities. 
SEC. 563. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY 
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ON SEXUAL 
HARASSMENT OF STUDENTS OF ACTIVITY 
SCHOOLS. 
(a) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE IX PROTECTIONS.—The 
provisions of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
(20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) (in this section referred to as ‘‘title 
IX’’) with respect to education programs or activities re-
ceiving Federal financial assistance shall apply equally to
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education programs and activities administered by the De-
partment of Defense Education Activity (DODEA). 
(b) POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES.—Not later than 
March 31, 2019, the Department of Defense Education Ac-
tivity shall establish policies and procedures to protect stu-
dents at schools of the Activity who are victims of sexual 
harassment. Such policies and procedures shall afford pro-
tections at least comparable to the protections afforded 
under title IX. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The policies and procedures required 
by subsection (b) shall include, at a minimum, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A policy addressing sexual harassment of 
students at the schools of the Department of Defense 
Education Activity that uses and incorporates terms, 
procedures, protections, investigation standards, and 
standards of evidence consistent with title IX. 
(2) A procedure by which— 
(A) a student of a school of the Activity, or 
a parent of such a student, may file a complaint 
with the school alleging an incident of sexual 
harassment at the school; and 
(B) such a student or parent may appeal 
the decision of the school regarding such com-
plaint.
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(3) A procedure and mechanisms for the ap-
pointment and training of, and allocation of respon-
sibility to, a coordinator at each school of the Activity 
for sexual harassment matters involving students from 
the military community served by such school. 
(4) Training of employees of the Activity, and 
volunteers at schools of the Activity, on the policies 
and procedures. 
(5) Mechanisms for the broad distribution and 
display of the policy described in paragraph (1), in-
cluding on the Internet website of the Activity and on 
Internet websites of schools of the Activity, in printed 
and online versions of student handbooks, and in bro-
chures and flyers displayed on school bulletin boards 
and in guidance counselor offices. 
(6) Reporting and recordkeeping requirements 
designed to ensure that— 
(A) complaints of sexual harassment at 
schools of the Activity are handled— 
(i) with professionalism and consist-
ency; and 
(ii) in a manner that permits coordi-
nators referred to in paragraph (3) to track 
trends in incidents of sexual harassment
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and to identify repeat offenders of sexual 
harassment; and 
(B) appropriate members of the local lead-
ership of military communities are held account-
able for acting upon complaints of sexual harass-
ment at schools of the Activity. 
PART II—MILITARY FAMILY READINESS MATTERS 
SEC. 566. IMPROVEMENT OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT FAM-
ILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES 
ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES. 
(a) COSTS OF PARTICIPATION OF FAMILY MEMBERS 
IN PROGRAMS.—Section 1788a of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) 
as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following 
new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) COSTS OF FAMILY MEMBER PARTICIPATION.—In 
carrying out family support programs under this section, 
the Commander may also pay, or reimburse immediate 
family members, for transportation, food, lodging, child 
care, supplies, fees, and training materials in connection 
with the participation of family members in such pro-
grams.’’.
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sive legislative jurisdiction of criminal offenses committed 
by juveniles is retained by the United States as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall 
seek to relinquish to the State, Commonwealth, territory, 
or possession concerned legislative jurisdiction of such of-
fenses such that the United States and the State, Common-
wealth, territory, or possession, as the case may be, have 
concurrent legislative jurisdiction of such offenses. 
(b) MANNER OF RELINQUISHMENT.—Legislative juris-
diction shall be relinquished pursuant to subsection (a) in 
the manner provided in section 2683(a) of title 10, United 
States Code. 
(c) DEADLINE.—The Secretaries concerned shall, to the 
extent practicable, complete relinquishment of legislative ju-
risdiction pursuant to subsection (a) by not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 15 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Sec-
retary concerned shall submit to Congress a report on 
the relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction pursuant 
to subsection (a). 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The report of a Secretary 
under this subsection shall include the following: