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tion, shall be excluded from the limitations in sections 525
and 526 of this title while serving in such position.
‘‘(d) OFFICERS SERVING IN OFFICE OF DNI.—Up to
5 general and flag officers of the armed forces assigned to
positions in the Office of the Director of National Intel-
ligence designated by agreement between the Secretary of
Defense and the Director of National Intelligence shall be
excluded from the limitations in sections 525 and 526 of
this title while serving in such positions.’’.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 32 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 528 and inserting the
following new item:
‘‘528. Exclusion: officers serving in certain intelligence positions.’’.
Subtitle B—Enlisted Personnel
Policy
SEC. 521. UNIFORM CITIZENSHIP OR RESIDENCY REQUIRE-
MENTS FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMED
FORCES.
(a) UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 504 of title
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) INSANITY, DESERTION,
FELONS, ETC..—’’ before ‘‘No person’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(b) CITIZENSHIP
OR RESIDENCY.—(1) No person
may be enlisted in any armed force unless such person is
a citizen or national of the United States, a habitual resi-
dent of the Federal States of Micronesia, the Republic of
Palau, or the Republic of the Marshall Islands, or has been
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent resi-
dence under the applicable provisions of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.).
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may waive the applica-
bility of paragraph (1) to a person if such Secretary deter-
mines that the enlistment of such person is vital to the na-
tional interest.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF SUPERSEDED LIMITATIONS FOR THE
ARMY AND AIR FORCE.—Sections 3253 and 8253 of such
title are repealed.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 333 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 3253.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of
chapter 833 of such title is amended by striking the
item relating to section 8253.
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SEC. 522. RECRUITMENT AND ENLISTMENT OF HOME
SCHOOLED 
STUDENTS 
IN 
THE 
ARMED
FORCES.
(a) POLICY ON RECRUITMENT AND ENLISTMENT.—
(1) POLICY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall prescribe a policy on the recruitment and
enlistment of home schooled students in the Armed
Forces.
(2) UNIFORMITY ACROSS THE ARMED FORCES.—
The Secretary shall ensure that the policy prescribed
under paragraph (1) applies, to the extent prac-
ticable, uniformly across the Armed Forces.
(b) ELEMENTS.—The policy under subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An identification of a graduate of home
schooling for purposes of recruitment and enlistment
in the Armed Forces that is in accordance with the
requirements described in subsection (c).
(2) Provision for the treatment of graduates of
home schooling with no practical limit with regard to
enlistment eligibility.
(3) An exemption of graduates of home schooling
from the requirement for a secondary school diploma
or an equivalent (GED) as a precondition for enlist-
ment in the Armed Forces.
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(c) HOME SCHOOL GRADUATES.—In prescribing the
policy, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a single set
of criteria to be utilized by the Armed Forces in deter-
mining whether an individual is a graduate of home school-
ing. The Secretary concerned shall ensure compliance with
education credential coding requirements.
(d) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the meaning given
such term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States
Code.
SEC. 523. REPORT ON INFORMATION ON STOP LOSS AU-
THORITIES GIVEN TO ENLISTEES IN THE
ARMED FORCES.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The Department of Defense began retaining
selected members of the Armed Forces beyond their
contractual date of separation from the Armed Forces,
a policy commonly known as ‘‘stop loss’’, shortly after
the events of September 11, 2001, and for the first
time since Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.
(2) The Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force dis-
continued their use of stop loss authority in 2003. Ac-
cording to the Department of Defense, a total of 8,992
marines, 2,600 sailors, and 8,500 airmen were kept
beyond their separation dates under that authority.
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(3) The Army is the only Armed Force currently
using stop loss authority. The Army reports that, dur-
ing September 2005, it was retaining 6,929 regular
component soldiers, 3,002 soldiers in the National
Guard, and 2,847 soldiers in the Army Reserve be-
yond their separation date. The Army reports that it
has not kept an account of the cumulative number of
soldiers who have been kept beyond their separation
date.
(4) The Department of Defense Form 4/1, Enlist-
ment/Reenlistment Document does not give notice to
enlistees and reenlistees in the regular components of
the Armed Forces that they may be kept beyond their
contractual separation date during times of partial
mobilization.
(5) The Department of Defense has an obligation
to clearly communicate to all potential enlistees and
reenlistees in the Armed Forces their terms of service
in the Armed Forces.
(b) REPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a report on the actions being taken to ensure
that each individual being recruited for service in the