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(A) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of 
such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 528. Officers serving in certain intelligence posi-
tions: military status; application of dis-
tribution and strength limitations; pay 
and allowances’’. 
(B) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—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. Officers serving in certain intelligence positions: military status; applica-
tion of distribution and strength limitations; pay and allow-
ances.’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. LEADERSHIP OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU. 
(a) CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.— 
(1) GRADE
AND
EXCLUSION
FROM
GENERAL 
AND FLAG OFFICER AUTHORIZED STRENGTH.—Sub-
section (d) of section 10502 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) GRADE AND EXCLUSION FROM GENERAL AND 
FLAG OFFICER AUTHORIZED STRENGTH.—(1) The Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau shall be appointed to serve 
in the grade of general. 
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‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall designate, pursu-
ant to subsection (b) of section 526 of this title, the posi-
tion of Chief of the National Guard Bureau as one of the 
general officer and flag officer positions to be excluded 
from the limitations in subsection (a) of such section.’’. 
(2) SUCCESSION.—Subsection (e) of such sec-
tion is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) SUCCESSION.—(1) When there is a vacancy in 
the office of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau or 
in the absence or disability of the Chief, the Vice Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau acts as Chief and performs 
the duties of the Chief until a successor is appointed or 
the absence or disability ceases. 
‘‘(2) When there is a vacancy in the offices of both 
the Chief and the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau or in the absence or disability of both the Chief and 
the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau, or when 
there is a vacancy in one such office and in the absence 
or disability of the officer holding the other, the senior 
officer of the Army National Guard of the United States 
or the Air National Guard of the United States on duty 
with the National Guard Bureau shall perform the duties 
of the Chief until a successor to the Chief or Vice Chief 
is appointed or the absence or disability of the Chief or 
Vice Chief ceases, as the case may be.’’. 
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(3) EXCLUSION
FOR
CHIEF
OF
NATIONAL 
GUARD BUREAU FROM GENERAL OFFICER DISTRIBU-
TION
LIMITATIONS.—Section 525 of such title is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(B) in subsection (g)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2). 
(b) VICE CHIEF
OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD BU-
REAU.— 
(1) REDESIGNATION
OF
DIRECTOR
OF
THE 
JOINT STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.— 
Subsection (a)(1) of section 10505 of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘Director of the Joint Staff of 
the National Guard Bureau, selected by the Sec-
retary of Defense from’’ and inserting ‘‘Vice Chief of 
the National Guard Bureau, appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate. The appointment shall be made from’’. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS.—Subsection 
(a)(1) of such section is further amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘rec-
ommended’’ and inserting ‘‘nominated’’; 
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
and (C) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respec-
tively; 
(C) in subparagraph (E), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘colonel’’ and inserting 
‘‘brigadier general’’; and 
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(B) are recommended by the Secretary of the 
Army, in the case of officers of the Army National 
Guard of the United States, or by the Secretary of 
the Air Force, in the case of officers of the Air Na-
tional Guard of the United States, and by the Sec-
retary of Defense; 
‘‘(C) are determined by the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, in accordance with criteria and 
as a result of a process established by the Chairman, 
to have significant joint duty experience;’’. 
(3) GRADE
AND
EXCLUSION
FROM
GENERAL 
AND FLAG OFFICER AUTHORIZED STRENGTH.—Sub-
section (c) of such section is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) GRADE AND EXCLUSION FROM GENERAL AND 
FLAG OFFICER AUTHORIZED STRENGTH.—(1) The Vice 
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Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall be appointed 
to serve in the grade of lieutenant general. 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall designate, pursu-
ant to subsection (b) of section 526 of this title, the posi-
tion of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau as one 
of the general officer and flag officer positions to be ex-
cluded from the limitations in subsection (a) of such sec-
tion.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REGARDING REF-
ERENCES TO DIRECTOR.— 
(1) CROSS REFERENCES IN SECTION 10505.— 
Section 10505 of such title is further amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), by 
striking ‘‘Director of the Joint Staff’’ each 
place in appears and inserting ‘‘Vice 
Chief’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 
‘‘as the Director’’ and inserting ‘‘as the 
Vice Chief’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Director 
of the Joint Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘Vice Chief’’. 
(2) CROSS REFERENCES IN SECTION 10506.— 
Section 10506(a)(1) of such title is amended by 
striking ‘‘Chief of the National Guard Bureau and 
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the Director of the Joint Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘Chief 
and Vice Chief’’. 
(3) OTHER
REFERENCES.—Any reference in 
any law, regulation, document, paper, or other 
record of the United States to the Director of the 
Joint Staff of the National Guard Bureau shall be 
deemed to be a reference to the Vice Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
10505 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10505. Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The item relating to 
such section in the table of sections at the beginning 
of chapter 1011 of such title is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘10505. Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau.’’. 
(e) TREATMENT OF CURRENT DIRECTOR OF THE 
JOINT STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.—The 
officer who is serving as Director of the Joint Staff of 
the National Guard Bureau on the date of the enactment 
of this Act shall serve, in the grade of major general, as 
acting Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau until the 
appointment of a Vice Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau in accordance with subsection (a) of section 10505 
of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection 
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(b). Notwithstanding the amendment made by subsection 
(b)(3), the acting Vice Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau shall not be excluded from the limitations in section 
526(a) of such title. 
SEC. 512. PRESEPARATION COUNSELING FOR MEMBERS OF 
THE RESERVE COMPONENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT; EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a)(1) 
of section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Within’’ and inserting 
‘‘(A) Within’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘of each member’’ and all 
that follows through the period at the end of 
the sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘of— 
‘‘(i) each member of the armed forces whose 
discharge or release from active duty is anticipated 
as of a specific date; and 
‘‘(ii) each member of a reserve component not 
covered by clause (i) whose discharge or release from 
service is anticipated as of a specific date.’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘A nota-
tion of the provision of such counseling’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
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‘‘(B) A notation of the provision of preseparation 
counseling’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF TIME PERIOD
IN WHICH 
PRESEPARATION COUNSELING MUST BE PROVIDED.— 
Subsection (a)(3) of such section is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraphs (B) and 
(C)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) In the event that a member of a reserve compo-
nent is being released from active duty for a period of 
more than 30 days under circumstances in which the Sec-
retary concerned determines operational requirements 
make compliance with the 90-day requirement under sub-
paragraph (A) unfeasible, preseparation counseling shall 
begin as soon as possible within the remaining period of 
service.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING COV-
ERED MATTERS.—Subsection (b)(7) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘from active duty’’. 
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SEC. 513. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF AUTHOR-
ITY FOR DEFERRAL OF MANDATORY SEPARA-
TION OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STA-
TUS) UNTIL AGE 60. 
(a) DISCRETIONARY DEFERRAL
OF MANDATORY 
SEPARATION.—Section 10216(f) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ‘‘AU-
THORITY FOR’’ before ‘‘DEFERRAL OF MANDATORY 
SEPARATION’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘shall implement’’ and inserting 
‘‘may each implement’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary concerned,’’ after ‘‘so as to allow’’; and 
(4) by striking ‘‘for officers’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
10218(a)(3)(A)(i) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘if 
qualified be appointed’’ and inserting ‘‘if qualified may be 
appointed’’. 
SEC. 514. MODIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CONSIDER-
ATION FOR PROMOTION FOR RESERVE OFFI-
CERS EMPLOYED AS MILITARY TECHNICIANS 
(DUAL STATUS). 
Section 14301 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
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‘‘(i) RESERVE OFFICERS EMPLOYED AS MILITARY 
TECHNICIAN (DUAL STATUS).—A reserve officer of the 
Army or Air Force employed as a military technician (dual 
status) under section 10216 of this title who has been re-
tained beyond the mandatory removal date for years of 
service pursuant to subsection (f) of such section or sec-
tion 14702(a)(2) of this title is not eligible for consider-
ation for promotion by a mandatory promotion board con-
vened under section 14101(a) of this title.’’. 
SEC. 515. CHIEF OF NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU. 
(a) ROLE
AS ADVOCATE
AND LIAISON.—Section 
10502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (d) and (e) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c), the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) ADVOCATE AND LIAISON FOR STATE NATIONAL 
GUARDS.—The Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall 
serve as an advocate and liaison for the National Guard 
of each State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands and in-
form such National Guards of all actions that could affect 
their Federal or State missions, including any equipment 
level or force structure changes.’’. 
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(b) INCLUSION AS MEMBER OF JOINT CHIEFS OF 
STAFF.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 10502 of title 10, 
United States Code, is further amended by inserting 
after subsection (d) (as amended by subsection (a) 
of this section), the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) MEMBER OF JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.— 
‘‘(1) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
shall be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (as 
described in section 151 of this title). 
‘‘(2) As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
the Chief of the National Guard Bureau has the spe-
cific responsibility of advocating for the National 
Guards of the States, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Vir-
gin Islands and coordinating the efforts of the 
warfighting support and force provider mission of 
the National Guard with the homeland defense, de-
fense support to civil authorities, and State emer-
gency response missions of the National Guard to 
ensure the National Guard has the resources to per-
form its multiple missions. 
‘‘(3) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau 
shall consult with the Governors and the Adjutants 
General of the States before any changes are made 
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in National Guard force structure or equipment lev-
els (or both) to determine the impact such changes 
may have on the homeland defense, defense support 
to civil authorities, and State emergency response 
missions of the National Guard.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
151(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The Chief of the National Guard Bu-
reau.’’. 
Subtitle C—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 521. FINDINGS REGARDING UNIQUE NATURE, DE-
MANDS, AND HARDSHIPS OF MILITARY SERV-
ICE. 
(a) CODIFICATION.—Chapter 37 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting before section 651 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 650. Findings regarding unique nature, demands, 
and hardships of service in the armed 
forces 
‘‘Congress makes the following findings: 
‘‘(1) Section 8 (clauses 12, 13, and 14) of Arti-
cle I of the Constitution of the United States com-
mits exclusively to Congress the powers to raise and 
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support armies, provide and maintain a Navy, and 
make rules for the government and regulation of the 
land and naval forces. 
‘‘(2) There is no constitutional right to serve in 
the armed forces. 
‘‘(3) Pursuant to the powers conferred by sec-
tion 8 of article I of the Constitution of the United 
States, it lies within the discretion of the Congress 
to establish qualifications for and conditions of serv-
ice in the armed forces. 
‘‘(4) The primary purpose of the armed forces 
is to prepare for and to prevail in combat should the 
need arise. 
‘‘(5) The conduct of military operations re-
quires members of the armed forces to make ex-
traordinary sacrifices, including the ultimate sac-
rifice, in order to provide for the common defense. 
‘‘(6) Success in combat requires military units 
that are characterized by high morale, good order 
and discipline, and unit cohesion. 
‘‘(7) One of the most critical elements in com-
bat capability is unit cohesion, that is, the bonds of 
trust among individual service members that make 
the combat effectiveness of a military unit greater 
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than the sum of the combat effectiveness of the indi-
vidual unit members. 
‘‘(8) Military life is fundamentally different 
from civilian life in that— 
‘‘(A) the extraordinary responsibilities of 
the armed forces, the unique conditions of mili-
tary service, and the critical role of unit cohe-
sion, require that the military community, while 
subject to civilian control, exist as a specialized 
society; and 
‘‘(B) the military society is characterized 
by its own laws, rules, customs, and traditions, 
including numerous restrictions on personal be-
havior, that would not be acceptable in civilian 
society. 
‘‘(9) The standards of conduct for members of 
the armed forces regulate a member’s life for 24 
hours each day beginning at the moment the mem-
ber enters military status and not ending until that 
person is discharged or otherwise separated from the 
armed forces. 
‘‘(10) Those standards of conduct, including the 
Uniform Code of Military Justice, apply to a mem-
ber of the armed forces at all times that the member 
has a military status, whether the member is on 
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base or off base, and whether the member is on duty 
or off duty. 
‘‘(11) The pervasive application of the stand-
ards of conduct is necessary because members of the 
armed forces must be ready at all times for world-
wide deployment to a combat environment. 
‘‘(12) The worldwide deployment of United 
States military forces, the international responsibil-
ities of the United States, and the potential for in-
volvement of the armed forces in actual combat rou-
tinely make it necessary for members of the armed 
forces involuntarily to accept living conditions and 
working conditions that are often spartan, primitive, 
and characterized by forced intimacy with little or 
no privacy. 
‘‘(13) The armed forces must maintain per-
sonnel policies that are intended to recruit and re-
tain only those persons whose presence in the armed 
forces serve the needs of the armed forces, con-
tribute to the accomplishment of the missions of the 
armed forces, and maintain the armed forces’ high 
standards of morale, good order and discipline, and 
unit cohesion that are the essence of military capa-
bility.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by in-
serting before the item relating to section 651 the 
following new item: 
‘‘650. Findings regarding unique nature, demands, and hardships of service in 
the armed forces.’’. 
(2) TABLE OF CHAPTERS.—The table of chap-
ters at the beginning of subtitle A of such title and 
at the beginning of part II of such subtitle are 
amended by striking the item relating to chapter 37 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘37. General Service Requirements ..........................................................
650’’. 
SEC. 522. POLICY ADDRESSING DWELL TIME AND MEAS-
UREMENT AND DATA COLLECTION REGARD-
ING UNIT OPERATING TEMPO AND PER-
SONNEL TEMPO. 
(a) POLICY ADDRESSING DWELL TIME.—Subsection 
(a) of section 991 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a policy 
that addresses the amount of dwell time a member of the 
armed forces or unit remains at the member’s or unit’s 
permanent duty station or home port, as the case may 
be, between deployments.’’. 
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(b) UNIT
OPERATING
TEMPO
AND
PERSONNEL 
TEMPO RECORDKEEPING.—Subsection (c) of such section 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) RECORDKEEPING.—(1) The Secretary of De-
fense shall— 
‘‘(A) establish a system for tracking and re-
cording the number of days that each member of the 
armed forces is deployed; 
‘‘(B) prescribe policies and procedures for 
measuring operating tempo and personnel tempo; 
and 
‘‘(C) maintain a central data collection reposi-
tory to provide information for research, actuarial 
analysis, interagency reporting and evaluation of De-
partment of Defense programs and policies. 
‘‘(2) The data collection repository shall be able to 
identify— 
‘‘(A) the active and reserve component units of 
the armed forces that are participating at the bat-
talion, squadron, or an equivalent level (or a higher 
level) in contingency operations, major training 
events, and other exercises and contingencies of such 
a scale that the exercises and contingencies receive 
an official designation; and 
‘‘(B) the duration of their participation. 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—Such section is further amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the term 
‘dwell time’ means the time a member of the armed 
forces or a unit spends at the permanent duty sta-
tion or home port after returning from a deploy-
ment. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense may modify the 
definition of dwell time specified in subparagraph 
(A). If the Secretary establishes a different defini-
tion of such term, the Secretary shall transmit the 
new definition to Congress. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘operating tempo’ means the rate 
at which units of the armed forces are involved in 
all military activities, including contingency oper-
ations, exercises, and training deployments. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘personnel tempo’ means the 
amount of time members of the armed forces are en-
gaged in their official duties at a location or under 
circumstances that make it infeasible for a member 
to spend off-duty time in the housing in which the 
member resides.’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
991 of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 991. Management of deployments of members and 
measurement and data collection of unit 
operating and personnel tempo’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 50 of such title is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 991 
and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘991. Management of deployments of members and measurement and data col-
lection of unit operating and personnel tempo.’’. 
SEC. 523. AUTHORIZED LEAVE AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS 
OF THE ARMED FORCES UPON BIRTH OR 
ADOPTION OF A CHILD. 
Section 701 of title 10, United State Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsections (i) and (j) and in-
serting the following new subsection: 
‘‘(i)(1) A member of the armed forces who gives birth 
to a child or who adopts a child in a qualifying child adop-
tion and will be primary caregiver for the adopted child 
shall receive 42 days of leave after the birth or adoption 
to be used in connection with the birth or adoption of the 
child. 
‘‘(2) A married member of the armed forces on active 
duty whose wife gives birth to a child or who adopts a 
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child in a qualifying child adoption, but will not be pri-
mary caregiver for the adopted child, shall receive 10 days 
of leave to be used in connection with the birth or adoption 
of the child. 
‘‘(3) If two members of the armed forces who are 
married to each other adopt a child in a qualifying child 
adoption, only one of the members may be designated as 
primary caregiver for purposes of paragraph (1). In the 
case of a dual-military couple, the member authorized 
leave under paragraph (1) and the member authorized 
leave under paragraph (2) may utilize the leave at the 
same time. 
‘‘(4) For the purpose of this subsection, an adoption 
of a child by a member is a qualifying child adoption if 
the member is eligible for reimbursement of qualified 
adoption expenses for such adoption under section 1052 
of this title. 
‘‘(5) Leave authorized under this subsection is in ad-
dition to other leave provided under other provisions of 
this section. 
‘‘(6) The Secretary of Defense may prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this sub-
section.’’; and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (k) as sub-
section (j). 
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SEC. 524. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT PRO-
GRAMS ON CAREER FLEXIBILITY TO EN-
HANCE RETENTION OF MEMBERS OF THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) DURATION
OF
PROGRAM
AUTHORITY.—Sub-
section (l) of section 533 of the Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public 
Law 110–417; 10 U.S.C. 701 note) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(l) DURATION
OF
PROGRAM
AUTHORITY.—No 
member of the Armed Forces may be released from active 
duty under a pilot program conducted under this section 
after December 31, 2015.’’. 
(b) CONTINUATION OF ANNUAL LIMITATION ON SE-
LECTION OF PARTICIPANTS.—Subsection (c) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘each of calendar years 2009 
through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘a calendar year’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—Subsection 
(k) of such section is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘June 1, 
2011, and June 1, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘June 1 of 
2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘March 1, 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2019’’. 
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SEC. 525. POLICY ON MILITARY RECRUITMENT AND EN-
LISTMENT OF GRADUATES OF SECONDARY 
SCHOOLS. 
(a) EQUAL TREATMENT FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL 
GRADUATES.— 
(1) EQUAL TREATMENT.—For the purposes of 
recruitment and enlistment in the Armed Forces, the 
Secretary of a military department shall treat a 
graduate described in paragraph (2) in the same 
manner as a graduate of a secondary school (as de-
fined in section 9101(38) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801(38)). 
(2) COVERED GRADUATES.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies with respect to person who— 
(A) receives a diploma from a secondary 
school that is legally operating; or 
(B) otherwise completes a program of sec-
ondary education in compliance with the edu-
cation laws of the State in which the person re-
sides. 
(b) POLICY ON RECRUITMENT AND ENLISTMENT.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe a pol-
icy on recruitment and enlistment that incorporates the 
following: 
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(1) Means for identifying persons described in 
subsection (a)(2) who are qualified recruitment and 
enlistment in the Armed Forces, which may include 
the use of a non-cognitive aptitude test, adaptive 
personality assessment, or other operational attrition 
screening tool to predict performance, behaviors, and 
attitudes of potential recruits that influence attrition 
and the ability to adapt to a regimented life in the 
Armed Forces. 
(2) Means for assessing how qualified persons 
fulfill their enlistment obligation. 
(3) Means for maintaining data, by each di-
ploma source, which can be used to analyze attrition 
rates among qualified persons. 
(c) RECRUITMENT PLAN.—As part of the policy re-
quired by subsection (b), the Secretary of each of the mili-
tary departments shall develop a recruitment plan that in-
cludes a marketing strategy for targeting various seg-
ments of potential recruits with all types of secondary edu-
cation credentials. 
(d) COMMUNICATION PLAN.—The Secretary of each 
of the military departments shall develop a communication 
plan to ensure that the policy and recruitment plan are 
understood by military recruiters. 
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SEC. 526. NAVY RECRUITING AND ADVERTISING. 
(a) ADDITIONAL, DISCRETIONARY BUDGET AUTHOR-
ITY.—In the budget submitted to Congress under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2012, 
the President requested $254,860,000 for Recruiting and 
Advertising. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated 
by section 301, as specified in the corresponding funding 
table in division D, the Secretary of the Navy shall obli-
gate an additional $983,000 for the professional develop-
ment of youth ages 11 to 17, to promote interest and skill 
in seamanship and aviation while instilling qualities that 
mold strong moral character in an anti-drug and anti- 
gang environment in furtherance of national security ob-
jectives. 
(b) MERIT-BASED OR COMPETITIVE DECISIONS.—A 
decision to commit, obligate, or expend funds referred to 
in the second sentence of subsection (a) with or to a spe-
cific entity shall— 
(1) be based on merit-based selection proce-
dures in accordance with the requirements of sec-
tions 2304(k) and 2374 of title 10, United States 
Code, or on competitive procedures; and 
(2) comply with other applicable provisions of 
law. 
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SEC. 527. LIMITATION ON SIMULTANEOUS DEPLOYMENT TO 
COMBAT ZONES OF DUAL-MILITARY COUPLES 
WHO HAVE MINOR DEPENDENTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN DEFERMENT.—In the 
case of a member of the Armed Forces with minor depend-
ents who has a spouse who is also a member of the Armed 
Forces, and the spouse is deployed in an area for which 
imminent danger pay is authorized under section 310 of 
title 37, United States Code, the member may request a 
deferment of a deployment to such an area until the 
spouse returns from such deployment. 
(b) APPROVAL OF REQUEST.—The Secretary of the 
military department concerned, and the Secretary of 
Homeland Security in the case of members of the Coast 
Guard, shall approve a request submitted by a member 
pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) REPEAL OF LIMITED AUTHORITY.—Section 586 
of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008 (Public Law 110–181; 112 Stat. 132; 10 U.S.C. 991 
note) is amended by striking the second sentence. 
SEC. 528. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUICIDE PREVENTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS.— 
(1) ENHANCEMENT.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall take appropriate actions to enhance the suicide 
prevention program of the Department of Defense 
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through the provision of suicide prevention informa-
tion and resources to members of the Armed Forces 
from their initial enlistment or appointment through 
their final retirement or separation. 
(2) COOPERATIVE EFFORT.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall develop suicide prevention information 
and resources in consultation with— 
(A) the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the 
National Institute of Mental Health, and the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration of the Department of Health 
and Human Services; and 
(B) to the extent appropriate, institutions 
of higher education and other public and pri-
vate entities, including international entities, 
with expertise regarding suicide prevention. 
(b) SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING COMPONENT 
DURING RECRUIT BASIC TRAINING.— 
(1) ARMY.— 
(A) TRAINING REQUIRED.—Chapter 401 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting after section 4320 the following new 
section: 
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‘‘§ 4320a. Recruit basic training: availability of sui-
cide prevention resources 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY.—As part of the initial entry 
training program of the Army that constitutes the basic 
training of new recruits, the Secretary of the Army shall 
include a training component on suicide prevention. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The suicide prevention training 
component shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Methods for recognizing risk factors for 
suicide. 
‘‘(2) Protocols for responding to crisis situa-
tions involving members who may be at high risk for 
suicide. 
‘‘(3) Information about suicide prevention serv-
ices available to members, including toll-free hotlines 
and Internet resources. 
‘‘(4) Information on best practices for suicide 
prevention.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 4320 the following new item: 
‘‘4320a. Recruit basic training: availability of suicide prevention resources.’’. 
(2) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.— 
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(A) TRAINING REQUIRED.—Chapter 602 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 6933. Recruit basic training: availability of suicide 
prevention resources 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY.—As part of the initial entry 
training program of the Navy and the Marine Corps that 
constitutes the basic training of new recruits, the Sec-
retary of the Navy shall include a training component on 
suicide prevention. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The suicide prevention training 
component shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Methods for recognizing risk factors for 
suicide. 
‘‘(2) Protocols for responding to crisis situa-
tions involving members who may be at high risk for 
suicide. 
‘‘(3) Information about suicide prevention serv-
ices available to members, including toll-free hotlines 
and Internet resources. 
‘‘(4) Information on best practices for suicide 
prevention.’’. 
(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
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amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘602. Recruit basic training: availability of suicide prevention resources.’’. 
(3) AIR FORCE.— 
(A) TRAINING REQUIRED.—Chapter 901 of 
such title is amended by inserting after section 
9320 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 9320a. Recruit basic training: availability of sui-
cide prevention resources 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY.—As part of the initial entry 
training program of the Air Force that constitutes the 
basic training of new recruits, the Secretary of the Air 
Force shall include a training component on suicide pre-
vention. 
‘‘(b) ELEMENTS.—The suicide prevention training 
component shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) Methods for recognizing risk factors for 
suicide. 
‘‘(2) Protocols for responding to crisis situa-
tions involving members who may be at high risk for 
suicide. 
‘‘(3) Information about suicide prevention serv-
ices available to members, including toll-free hotlines 
and Internet resources. 
‘‘(4) Information on best practices for suicide 
prevention.’’. 
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(B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 4320 the following new item: 
‘‘4320a. Recruit basic training: availability of suicide prevention resources.’’. 
(c) 
PRESEPARATION
COUNSELING.—Section 
1142(b)(8) of such title is amended by inserting before 
the period the following: ‘‘and the availability to the mem-
ber and the member’s family of the suicide prevention re-
sources described in section 1177(d) of this title’’. 
(d) FUNDING INCREASE AND OFFSETTING REDUC-
TION.—Notwithstanding the amounts set forth in the 
funding tables in division D— 
(1) the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
section 421 for military personnel, as specified in 
the corresponding funding table in division D, is 
hereby increased by $5,000,000, with the amount of 
the increase allocated to carrying out this section 
and the amendments made by this section; and 
(2) the amount authorized to be appropriated in 
section 101 for other procurement, Air Force, as 
specified in the corresponding funding table in divi-
sion D, is hereby reduced by $5,000,000, with the 
amount of the reduction to be derived from Joint 
Tactical Radio System Maritime-Fixed radios under 
line 049 Tactical Communications Electronic Equip-
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ment, as specified in the corresponding funding table 
in section 4101. 
SEC. 529. DESIGNATION OF PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO DI-
RECT DISPOSITION OF REMAINS OF MEM-
BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 
Section 1482(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Only the’’ in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; 
(3) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘clauses (1)-(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs 
(1) through (4)’’; and 
(4) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) The person identified by the decedent on 
the record of emergency data maintained by the Sec-
retary concerned (DD Form 93 or any successor to 
that form), as the Person Authorized to Direct Dis-
position (PADD), regardless of the relationship of 
the designee to the decedent.’’. 
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SEC. 530. PROTECTED COMMUNICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF 
THE ARMED FORCES AND PROHIBITION OF 
RETALIATORY PERSONNEL ACTIONS. 
Section 1034(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) Ideologically based threats or actions 
of another member that the member providing 
the information reasonably believes could be 
counterproductive or detrimental to United 
States interests or security.’’. 
SEC. 531. RETROACTIVE AWARD OF ARMY COMBAT ACTION 
BADGE. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO AWARD.—The Secretary of the 
Army may award the Army Combat Action Badge (estab-
lished by order of the Secretary of the Army through 
Headquarters, Department of the Army Letter 600-05-1, 
dated June 3, 2005) to a person who, while a member 
of the Army, participated in combat during which the per-
son personally engaged, or was personally engaged by, the 
enemy at any time during the period beginning on Decem-
ber 7, 1941, and ending on September 18, 2001 (the date 
of the otherwise applicable limitation on retroactivity for 
the award of such decoration), if the Secretary determines 
that the person has not been previously recognized in an 
appropriate manner for such participation. 
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(b) PROCUREMENT OF BADGE.—The Secretary of 
the Army may make arrangements with suppliers of the 
Army Combat Action Badge so that eligible recipients of 
the Army Combat Action Badge pursuant to subsection 
(a) may procure the badge directly from suppliers, thereby 
eliminating or at least substantially reducing administra-
tive costs for the Army to carry out this section. 
SEC. 532. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR DETERMINA-
TION MADE IN RESPONSE TO REVIEW OF 
PROPOSAL FOR AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR 
NOT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED IN TIMELY 
FASHION. 
Section 1130(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘If the determination includes a favorable recommenda-
tion for the award of the Medal of Honor, the Secretary 
of Defense, instead of the Secretary concerned, shall make 
the submission under this subsection.’’. 
Subtitle D—Military Justice and 
Legal Matters 
SEC. 531. PROCEDURES FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF MILI-
TARY PERSONNEL DECISIONS RELATING TO 
CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS. 
(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW PROCEDURES.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 79 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 1558 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1558a. Judicial review of certain decisions relating 
to correction of military records 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF JUDICIAL REVIEW.—After a 
final decision is issued by the Secretary concerned pursu-
ant to section 1552 of this title or by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security or the Secretary of Defense pursuant 
to subsection (f) or (g) of section 1034 of this title, any 
person aggrieved by such a decision may obtain judicial 
review of the decision. 
‘‘(b) BASIS TO SET-ASIDE DECISION.—In exercising 
its authority under this section, the reviewing court shall 
review the record of the decision and may hold unlawful 
and set aside any decision demonstrated by the petitioner 
in the record to be— 
‘‘(1) arbitrary or capricious; 
‘‘(2) not based on substantial evidence; 
‘‘(3) a result of material error of fact or mate-
rial administrative error, but only if the petitioner 
identified to the correction board how the failure to 
follow such procedures substantially prejudiced the 
petitioner’s right to relief, and shows to the review-
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ing court by a preponderance of the evidence that 
the error was harmful; or 
‘‘(4) otherwise contrary to law. 
‘‘(c) RELIEF.—In exercising its authority under this 
section, the reviewing court shall affirm, modify, vacate, 
or reverse the decision, or remand the matter, as appro-
priate. 
‘‘(d) MATTERS MUST BE JUSTICIABLE.—Notwith-
standing subsections (a), (b), and (c), the reviewing court 
does not have jurisdiction to entertain any matter or issue 
raised in a petition of review that is not justiciable. 
‘‘(e) DECISION MUST BE FINAL.—(1) No judicial re-
view may be made under this section unless the petitioner 
shall first have requested a correction under section 1552 
of this title, and the Secretary concerned shall have ren-
dered a final decision denying that correction in whole or 
in part. In a case in which the final decision of the Sec-
retary concerned is subject to review by the Secretary of 
Defense under section 1034(g) of this title, the petitioner 
is not required to seek such review by the Secretary of 
Defense before obtaining judicial review under this sec-
tion. If the petitioner seeks review by the Secretary of De-
fense under section 1034(g) of this title, no judicial review 
may be made until the Secretary of Defense shall have 
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rendered a final decision denying that request in whole 
or in part. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a final decision described in sub-
section (a) made after the end of the one-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, a petition 
for judicial review under this section must be filed within 
one year after the date of that final decision. 
‘‘(f) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) A decision by a board estab-
lished under section 1552(a)(1) of this title declining to 
excuse the untimely filing of a request for correction of 
military records is not subject to judicial review under this 
section or otherwise subject to review in any court. 
‘‘(2) A decision by a board established under section 
1552(a)(1) of this title declining to reconsider or reopen 
a previous denial or partial denial of a request for correc-
tion of military records is not subject to judicial review 
under this section or otherwise subject to review in any 
court. 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding subsection (e)(2), a decision by 
a board established under section 1552(a)(1) of this title 
that results in denial, in whole or in part, of any request 
for correction of military records that is received by the 
board more than six years after the date of discharge, re-
tirement, release from active duty, or death while on active 
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duty of the person whose military records are the subject 
of the correction request is not subject to judicial review 
under this section or otherwise subject to review in any 
court. 
‘‘(g) SOLE BASIS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.—(1) In the 
case of a cause of action arising after the end of the one- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, 
no court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any request 
for correction of records cognizable under subsection (f) 
or (g) of section 1034 or section 1552 of this title except 
as provided in this section. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cause of action arising after 
the end of such one-year period, except as provided by 
chapter 153 of title 28 and chapter 79 of this title, no 
court shall have jurisdiction over any civil action or claim 
seeking, in whole or in part, to challenge any decision for 
which administrative review is available under section 
1552 of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to section 1558 
the following new item: 
‘‘1558a. Judicial review of certain decisions relating to correction of military 
records.’’. 
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(b) EFFECT OF DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR CORREC-
TION OF RECORDS WHEN PROHIBITED PERSONNEL AC-
TION ALLEGED.— 
(1) NOTICE OF DENIAL; PROCEDURES FOR JU-
DICIAL REVIEW.—Subsection (f) of section 1034 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) In any case in which the final decision of the 
Secretary concerned results in denial, in whole or in part, 
of any requested correction of the record of the member 
or former member, the Secretary concerned shall provide 
the member or former member a concise written statement 
of the factual and legal basis for the decision, together 
with a statement of the procedure and time for obtaining 
review of the decision pursuant to section 1558a of this 
title.’’. 
(2) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW; NOTICE 
OF
DENIAL.—Subsection (g) of such section is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Upon the 
completion of all’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The submittal of a matter to the Secretary of 
Defense by the member or former member under para-
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graph (1) must be made within 90 days of the receipt by 
the member or former member of the final decision of the 
Secretary of the military department concerned in the 
matter. In any case in which the final decision of the Sec-
retary of Defense results in denial, in whole or in part, 
of any requested correction of the record of the member 
or former member, the Secretary of Defense shall provide 
the member or former member a concise written statement 
of the basis for the decision, together with a statement 
of the procedure and time for obtaining review of the deci-
sion pursuant to section 1558a of this title.’’. 
(3) SOLE BASIS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Such 
section is further amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (h) and 
(i) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (g) the 
following new subsection (h): 
‘‘(h) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—(1) A decision of the Sec-
retary of Defense under subsection (g) shall be subject to 
judicial review only as provided in section 1558a of this 
title. 
‘‘(2) In a case in which review by the Secretary of 
Defense under subsection (g) was not sought, a decision 
of the Secretary of a military department under subsection 
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(f) shall be subject to judicial review only as provided in 
section 1558a of this title. 
‘‘(3) A decision of the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity under subsection (f) shall be subject to judicial review 
only as provided in section 1558a of this title.’’. 
(c) EFFECT OF DENIAL OF OTHER REQUESTS FOR 
CORRECTION OF MILITARY RECORDS.—Section 1552 of 
such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsections: 
‘‘(h) In any case in which the final decision of the 
Secretary concerned results in denial, in whole or in part, 
of any requested correction, the Secretary concerned shall 
provide the claimant a concise written statement of the 
factual and legal basis for the decision, together with a 
statement of the procedure and time for obtaining review 
of the decision pursuant to section 1558a of this title. 
‘‘(i) A decision by the Secretary concerned under this 
section shall be subject to judicial review only as provided 
in section 1558a of this title.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICA-
TION.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this section shall take effect one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—The amend-
ments made by this section shall apply to all final 
decisions of the Secretary of Defense under section 
1034(g) of title 10, United States Code, and of the 
Secretary of a military department or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security under sections 1034(f) or 
1552 of such title, whether rendered before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(3) TRANSITION.—During the period between 
the date of the enactment of this Act and the effec-
tive date specified in paragraph (1), in any case in 
which the final decision of the Secretary of Defense 
under section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, 
or the Secretary concerned under section 1552 of 
title 10, United States Code, results in denial, in 
whole or in part, of any requested correction of the 
record of a member or former member of the Armed 
Forces or the record of a claimant under such sec-
tion 1552, the individual shall be informed in writ-
ing of the time for obtaining review of the decision 
pursuant to section 1558a of such title as provided 
therein. 
(4) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretaries con-
cerned may prescribe appropriate regulations, and 
interim guidance before prescribing such regulations, 
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to implement the amendments made by this section. 
In the case of the Secretary of a military depart-
ment, such regulations may not take effect until ap-
proved by the Secretary of Defense. 
(5) CONSTRUCTION.—This section and the 
amendments made by this section do not affect the 
authority of any court to exercise jurisdiction over 
any case that was properly before the court before 
the effective date specified in paragraph (1). 
(6) SECRETARY
CONCERNED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a)(9) of title 
10, United States Code. 
SEC. 532. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION AND EXTENT 
OF DIRECT ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS AUTHOR-
ITY. 
Section 2601a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(2) in an operation or area designated as a 
combat operation or a combat zone, respectively, by 
the Secretary of Defense in accordance with the reg-
ulations prescribed under subsection (a); or’’; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(1) or (2) of subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (1), (2) or (3) of subsection (b)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION
OF
REGULA-
TIONS.—To the extent provided in the regulations issued 
under subsection (a), the regulations shall also apply to 
the acceptance of gifts for injuries or illnesses incurred 
on or after September 11, 2001, through the effective date 
of the regulations.’’. 
SEC. 533. ADDITIONAL CONDITION ON REPEAL OF DON’T 
ASK, DON’T TELL POLICY. 
Effective as of December 22, 2010, and as if included 
therein as enacted, section 2(b) of Public Law 111–321 
(124 Stat. 3516) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief 
of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine 
Corps, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force each 
submit to the congressional defense committees the 
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officer’s written certification that repeal of section 
654 of title 10, United States Code, will not degrade 
the readiness, effectiveness, cohesion, and morale of 
combat arms units and personnel of the Armed 
Force under the officer’s jurisdiction engaged in 
combat, deployed to a combat theater, or preparing 
for deployment to a combat theater.’’. 
SEC. 534. MILITARY REGULATIONS REGARDING MARRIAGE. 
Congress reaffirms the policy of section 3 of the De-
fense of Marriage Act, codified as section 7 of title 1, 
United States Code. In determining the meaning of any 
Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpre-
tation of the Department of Defense applicable to mem-
bers of the Armed Forces or civilian employees of the De-
partment of Defense, the word ‘‘marriage’’ means only a 
legal union between one man and one woman as husband 
and wife, and the word ‘‘spouse’’ refers only to a person 
of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. 
SEC. 535. USE OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AS SITE FOR 
MARRIAGE CEREMONIES AND PARTICIPA-
TION OF CHAPLAINS AND OTHER MILITARY 
AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL IN THEIR OFFI-
CIAL CAPACITY. 
(a) LIMITATION ON USE.—A military installation or 
other property under the jurisdiction of the Department 
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of Defense may be used as the site for a marriage cere-
mony only if the marriage complies with the definition of 
marriage in section 7 of title 1, United States Code. 
(b) LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION.—A member of 
the Armed Forces, including a chaplain, or civilian em-
ployee of the Department of Defense acting in an official 
capacity may assist in or perform a marriage ceremony 
only if the marriage complies with the definition of mar-
riage in section 7 of title 1, United States Code. 
Subtitle E—Member Education and 
Training Opportunities and Ad-
ministration 
SEC. 541. IMPROVED ACCESS TO APPRENTICESHIP PRO-
GRAMS 
FOR 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES WHO ARE BEING SEPARATED FROM 
ACTIVE DUTY OR RETIRED. 
Section 1144 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) PARTICIPATION
IN
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAMS.—As part of the program carried out under this 
section, the Secretary concerned may permit a member of 
the armed forces eligible for assistance under the program 
to participate in an apprenticeship program that provides 
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employment skills training and assists members in 
transitioning into new careers in civilian life.’’. 
SEC. 542. EXPANSION OF RESERVE HEALTH PROFES-
SIONALS STIPEND PROGRAM TO INCLUDE 
STUDENTS IN MENTAL HEALTH DEGREE PRO-
GRAMS IN CRITICAL WARTIME SPECIALTIES. 
(a) RESERVE COMPONENT MENTAL HEALTH STU-
DENT STIPEND.—Section 16201 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing new subsection (f): 
‘‘(f) MENTAL HEALTH STUDENTS IN CRITICAL WAR-
TIME SPECIALTIES.—(1) Under the stipend program 
under this chapter, the Secretary of the military depart-
ment concerned may enter into an agreement with a per-
son who— 
‘‘(A) is eligible to be appointed as an officer in 
a reserve component; 
‘‘(B) is enrolled or has been accepted for enroll-
ment in an institution in a course of study that re-
sults in a degree in clinical psychology or social 
work; 
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‘‘(B) CONSULTATION.—Before making an 
appointment to the position of Provost and 
Academic Dean, the Secretary shall consult 
with the Air Force Institute of Technology Sub-
committee of the Air University Board of Visi-
tors and shall consider any recommendation of 
the leadership and faculty of the Air Force In-
stitute of Technology regarding an appointment 
to that position. 
‘‘(3) COMPENSATION.—The Provost and Aca-
demic Dean is entitled to such compensation as the 
Secretary prescribes, but not more than the rate of 
compensation authorized for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COMMANDANT.—The term ‘Commandant’ 
means the Commandant of the Air Force Institute 
of Technology. 
‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Air Force.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CURRENT COMMANDANT.—The 
officer who is serving as Commandant of the United 
States Air Force Institute of Technology at the time of 
the enactment of this Act may serve as acting Com-
mandant until the appointment of a Commandant in ac-
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cordance with section 9314b of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 9314a the following new 
item: 
‘‘9314b. United States Air Force Institute of Technology: administration.’’. 
SEC. 544. APPOINTMENTS TO MILITARY SERVICE ACAD-
EMIES FROM NOMINATIONS MADE BY THE 
GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO. 
(a) UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY.—Section 
4342(a)(7) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Six’’ and inserting ‘‘Eight’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘one who is a native’’ and in-
serting ‘‘three who are natives’’. 
(b) UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.—Section 
6954(a)(7) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Six’’ and inserting ‘‘Eight’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘one who is a native’’ and in-
serting ‘‘three who are natives’’. 
(c) UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.—Section 
9342(a)(7) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Six’’ and inserting ‘‘Eight’’; 
and 
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