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‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense, and
the Secretary of Transportation in the case of the Coast
Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy,
shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating
to section 1588 the following new item:
‘‘1589. Participation in management of specified non-Federal entities: author-
ized activities.’’.
SEC. 564. CREW REQUIREMENTS OF WC–130J AIRCRAFT.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall
conduct a study of the crew requirements for WC–130J
aircraft engaged in the aerial weather reconnaissance mis-
sion involving the eyewall penetration of tropical cyclones.
The study shall involve the operation of WC–130J aircraft
in weather reconnaissance missions configured to carry
five crewmembers, including a navigator. The study shall
include the participation of members of the Armed Forces
assigned to units currently engaged in weather reconnais-
sance operations.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the results of the study. The report shall
include the views of members of the Armed Forces as-
signed to units currently engaged in weather reconnais-
sance operations who participated in the study.
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(c) LIMITATION ON REVISION TO PERSONNEL RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of the Air Force may not
reduce the personnel requirement levels of units that, as
of the date of the enactment of this Act, are engaged in
weather reconnaissance operations involving the eyewall
penetration of tropical cyclones, including requirements
for navigators, below the requirements established for
those units as of October 1, 1997, until the end of the
six-month period beginning on the date on which the re-
port required under subsection (b) is submitted to Con-
gress.
SEC. 565. COMPTROLLER GENERAL STUDY OF DEPART-
MENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL MILITARY PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Comptroller General
shall conduct a study to evaluate the following:
(1) The nature, extent, and cost to the Depart-
ment of Defense of the support and services being
provided by units and members of the Armed Forces
to non-Department of Defense organizations and ac-
tivities under the authority of section 2012 of title
10, United States Code.
(2) The degree to which the Armed Forces are
in compliance with the requirements of such section
in the provision of such support and services, espe-
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cially the requirements that the assistance meet spe-
cific requirements relative to military training and
that the assistance provided be incidental to military
training.
(3) The degree to which the regulations and
procedures for implementing such section, as re-
quired by subsection (f) of such section, are consist-
ent with the requirements of such section.
(4) The effectiveness of the Secretary of De-
fense and the Secretaries of the military depart-
ments in conducting oversight of the implementation
of such section, and the provision of such support
and services under such section, to ensure compli-
ance with the requirements of such section.
(b) SUBMISSION OF REPORT.—Not later than March
31, 1998, the Comptroller General shall submit to Con-
gress a report containing the results of the study required
by subsection (a).
SEC. 566. TREATMENT OF PARTICIPATION OF MEMBERS IN
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVIL MILITARY
PROGRAMS.
Section 2012 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as
subsections (h) and (i), respectively; and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(g) TREATMENT OF MEMBER’S PARTICIPATION IN
PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SERVICES.—(1) The Sec-
retary of a military department may not require or request
a member of the armed forces to submit for consideration
by a selection board (including a promotion board, com-
mand selection board, or any other kind of selection
board) evidence of the member’s participation in the provi-
sion of support and services to non-Department of Defense
organizations and activities under this section or the mem-
ber’s involvement in, or support of, other community rela-
tions and public affairs activities of the armed forces. A
selection board may not evaluate a member on the basis
of the member’s participation or involvement in, or sup-
port of, such support, services, or activities.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to
the following members:
‘‘(A) A member who is in a public affairs career
field.
‘‘(B) A member who is not in a public affairs
career field, but who is serving, at the time the
member is considered by a selection board, in a pub-
lic affairs position specified in service authorization
documents or who served in such a position within
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three years before being considered by a selection
board.’’.
SEC. 567. CONTINUATION OF SUPPORT TO SENIOR MILI-
TARY COLLEGES.
(a) DEFINITION OF SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES.—
For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘senior military col-
leges’’ means the following:
(1) Texas A&M University.
(2) Norwich University.
(3) The Virginia Military Institute.
(4) The Citadel.
(5) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University.
(6) North Georgia College and State University.
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
(1) The senior military colleges consistently
have provided substantial numbers of highly quali-
fied, long-serving leaders to the Armed Forces.
(2) The quality of the military leaders produced
by the senior military colleges is, in part, the result
of the rigorous military environment imposed on stu-
dents attending the senior military colleges by the
colleges, as well as the result of the long-standing
close support relationship between the Corps of Ca-
dets at each college and the Reserve Officer Train-
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ing Corps personnel at the colleges who serve as ef-
fective leadership role models and mentors.
(3) In recognition of the quality of the young
leaders produced by the senior military colleges, the
Department of Defense and the military services
have traditionally maintained special relationships
with the colleges, including the policy to grant active
duty service in the Army to graduates of the colleges
who desire such service and who are recommended
for such service by their ROTC professors of mili-
tary science.
(4) Each of the senior military colleges has
demonstrated an ability to adapt its systems and op-
erations to changing conditions in, and requirements
of, the Armed Forces without compromising the
quality of leaders produced and without interruption
of the close relationship between the colleges and the
Department of Defense.
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—In light of the findings
in subsection (b), it is the sense of Congress that—
(1) the proposed initiative of the Secretary of
the Army to end the commitment to active duty
service for all graduates of senior military colleges
who desire such service and who are recommended
for such service by their ROTC professors of mili-
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tary science is short-sighted and contrary to the
long-term interests of the Army;
(2) as they have in the past, the senior military
colleges can and will continue to accommodate to
changing military requirements to ensure that future
graduates entering military service continue to be of-
ficers of superb quality who are quickly assimilated
by the Armed Forces and fully prepared to make
significant contributions to the Armed Forces
through extended military careers; and
(3) decisions of the Secretary of Defense or the
Secretary of a military department that fundamen-
tally and unilaterally change the long-standing rela-
tionship of the Armed Forces with the senior mili-
tary colleges are not in the best interests of the De-
partment of Defense or the Armed Forces and are
patently unfair to students who made decisions to
enroll in the senior military colleges on the basis of
existing Department and Armed Forces policy.
(d) CONTINUATION OF SUPPORT FOR SENIOR MILI-
TARY COLLEGES.—Section 2111a of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (g); and
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Corps course of instruction or the support required
by paragraph (2).
‘‘(e) TERMINATION
OR REDUCTION
OF PROGRAM
PROHIBITED.—The Secretary of Defense and the Sec-
retaries of the military departments may not take or au-
thorize any action to terminate or reduce a unit of the
Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at a senior mili-
tary college unless the termination or reduction is specifi-
cally requested by the college.
‘‘(f) ASSIGNMENT TO ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) The Sec-
retary of the Army shall ensure that a graduate of a senior
military college who desires to serve as a commissioned
officer on active duty upon graduation from the college,
who is medically and physically qualified for active duty,
and who is recommended for such duty by the professor
of military science at the college, shall be assigned to ac-
tive duty. This paragraph shall apply to a member of the
program at a senior military college who graduates from
the college after March 31, 1997.
‘‘(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit the Secretary of the Army from requiring a member
of the program who graduates from a senior military col-
lege to serve on active duty.’’.
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(e) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Subsection (g) of
such section, as redesignated by subsection (d)(1), is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘College’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘University’’; and
(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting before the pe-
riod the following: ‘‘and State University’’.
(f) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of
such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 2111a. Support for senior military colleges’’.
(2) The item relating to such section in the table of
sections at the beginning of chapter 103 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘2111a. Support for senior military colleges.’’.
SEC. 568. IMPROVEMENT OF MISSING PERSONS AUTHORI-
TIES APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE.
(a) APPLICABILITY TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES.—
(1) Section 1501 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(A) by striking out subsection (c) and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘(c) COVERED PERSONS.—Section 1502 of this title
applies in the case of the following persons:
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‘‘(1) Any member of the armed forces on active
duty who becomes involuntarily absent as a result of
a hostile action, or under circumstances suggesting
that the involuntary absence is a result of a hostile
action, and whose status is undetermined or who is
unaccounted for.
‘‘(2)(A) Any other person who is a citizen of
the United States and is described in subparagraph
(B) who serves with or accompanies the armed
forces in the field under orders and becomes involun-
tarily absent as a result of a hostile action, or under
circumstances suggesting that the involuntary ab-
sence is a result of a hostile action, and whose sta-
tus is undetermined or who is unaccounted for.
‘‘(B) A person described in this subparagraph
is any of the following:
‘‘(i) A civilian officer or employee of the
Department of Defense.
‘‘(ii) An employee of a contractor of the
Department of Defense.
‘‘(iii) An employee of a United States firm
licensed by the United States under section 38
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778) to perform duties under contract with a
foreign government involving military training
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of the military forces of that government in ac-
cordance with policies of the Department of De-
fense.’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(f) SECRETARY CONCERNED.—In this chapter, the
term ‘Secretary concerned’ includes—
‘‘(1) in the case of a person covered by clause
(i) of subsection (c)(2)(B), the Secretary of the mili-
tary department or head of the element of the De-
partment of Defense employing the employee;
‘‘(2) in the case of a person covered by clause
(ii) of subsection (c)(2)(B), the Secretary of the
military department or head of the element of the
Department of Defense contracting with the contrac-
tor; and
‘‘(3) in the case of a person covered by clause
(iii) of subsection (c)(2)(B), the Secretary of De-
fense.’’.
(2) Section 1503(c) of such title is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘one mili-
tary officer’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘one indi-
vidual described in paragraph (2)’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as
paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and
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(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the follow-
ing new paragraph (2):
‘‘(2) An individual referred to in paragraph (1) is the
following:
‘‘(A) A military officer, in the case of an in-
quiry with respect to a member of the armed forces.
‘‘(B) A civilian, in the case of an inquiry with
respect to a civilian employee of the Department of
Defense or of a contractor of the Department of De-
fense.’’.
(3) Section 1504(d) of such title is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking out ‘‘who are’’
and all that follows in that paragraph and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘as follows:
‘‘(A) In the case of a board that will inquire
into the whereabouts and status of one or more
members of the armed forces (and no civilians de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)), the board shall be
composed of officers having the grade of major or
lieutenant commander or above.
‘‘(B) In the case of a board that will inquire
into the whereabouts and status of one or more civil-
ian employees of the Department of Defense or con-
tractors of the Department of Defense (and no
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members of the armed forces), the board shall be
composed of—
‘‘(i) not less than three employees of the
Department of Defense whose rate of annual
pay is equal to or greater than the rate of an-
nual pay payable for grade GS–13 of the Gen-
eral Schedule under section 5332 of title 5; and
‘‘(ii) such members of the armed forces as
the Secretary considers advisable.
‘‘(C) In the case of a board that will inquire
into the whereabouts and status of both one or more
members of the armed forces and one or more civil-
ians described in subparagraph (B)—
‘‘(i) the board shall include at least one of-
ficer described in subparagraph (A) and at least
one employee of the Department of Defense de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(i); and
‘‘(ii) the ratio of such officers to such em-
ployees on the board shall be roughly propor-
tional to the ratio of the number of members of
the armed forces who are subjects of the
board’s inquiry to the number of civilians who
are subjects of the board’s inquiry.’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (4), by striking out ‘‘section
1503(c)(3)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section
1503(c)(4)’’.
(4) Paragraph (1) of section 1513 of such title is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) The term ‘missing person’ means—
‘‘(A) a member of the armed forces on ac-
tive duty who is in a missing status; or
‘‘(B) a civilian employee of the Depart-
ment of Defense or an employee of a contractor
of the Department of Defense who serves with
or accompanies the armed forces in the field
under orders and who is in a missing status.
Such term includes an unaccounted for person de-
scribed in section 1509(b) of this title, under the cir-
cumstances specified in the last sentence of section
1509(a) of this title.’’.
(b) REPORT ON PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF STA-
TUS.—(1) Section 1502 of such title is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(2)—
(i) by striking out ‘‘10 days’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘48 hours’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘Secretary concerned’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘theater compo-
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nent commander with jurisdiction over the
missing person’’;
(B) in subsection (a), as amended by subpara-
graph (A)—
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively;
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘COM-
MANDER.—’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) However, if the commander determines that
operational conditions resulting from hostile action or
combat constitute an emergency that prevents timely re-
porting under paragraph (1)(B), the initial report should
be made as soon as possible, but in no case later than
ten days after the date on which the commander receives
such information under paragraph (1).’’;
(C) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c);
(D) by inserting after subsection (a), as amend-
ed by subparagraphs (A) and (B), the following new
subsection (b):
‘‘(b) TRANSMISSION THROUGH THEATER COMPO-
NENT COMMANDER.—Upon reviewing a report under sub-
section (a) recommending that a person be placed in a
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missing status, the theater component commander shall
ensure that all necessary actions are being taken, and all
appropriate assets are being used, to resolve the status
of the missing person. Not later than 14 days after receiv-
ing the report, the theater component commander shall
forward the report to the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary concerned in accordance with procedures prescribed
under section 1501(b) of this title. The theater component
commander shall include with such report a certification
that all necessary actions are being taken, and all appro-
priate assets are being used, to resolve the status of the
missing person.’’; and
(E) in subsection (c), as redesignated by sub-
paragraph (C), by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ‘‘The theater component commander
through whom the report with respect to the missing
person is transmitted under subsection (b) shall en-
sure that all pertinent information relating to the
whereabouts and status of the missing person that
results from the preliminary assessment or from ac-
tions taken to locate the person is properly safe-
guarded to avoid loss, damage, or modification.’’.
(2) Section 1503(a) of such title is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘section 1502(a)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘section 1502(b)’’.
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(3) Section 1504 of such title is amended by striking
out ‘‘section 1502(a)(2)’’ in subsections (a), (b), and
(e)(1) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘section 1502(a)’’.
(4) Section 1513 of such title is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(8) The term ‘theater component commander’
means, with respect to any of the combatant com-
mands, an officer of any of the armed forces who
(A) is commander of all forces of that armed force
assigned to that combatant command, and (B) is di-
rectly subordinate to the commander of the combat-
ant command.’’.
(c) FREQUENCY OF SUBSEQUENT REVIEWS.—Sub-
section (b) of section 1505 of such title is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(b) FREQUENCY OF SUBSEQUENT REVIEWS.—(1)
In the case of a missing person who was last known to
be alive or who was last suspected of being alive, the Sec-
retary shall appoint a board to conduct an inquiry with
respect to a person under this subsection—
‘‘(A) on or about three years after the date of
the initial report of the disappearance of the person
under section 1502(a) of this title; and
‘‘(B) not later than every three years there-
after.
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‘‘(2) In addition to appointment of boards under
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall appoint a board to con-
duct an inquiry with respect to a missing person under
this subsection upon receipt of information that could re-
sult in a change of status of the missing person. When
the Secretary appoints a board under this paragraph, the
time for subsequent appointments of a board under para-
graph (1)(B) shall be determined from the date of the re-
ceipt of such information.
‘‘(3) The Secretary is not required to appoint a board
under paragraph (1) with respect to the disappearance of
any person—
‘‘(A) more than 30 years after the initial report
of the disappearance of the missing person required
by section 1502(a) of this title; or
‘‘(B) if, before the end of such 30-year period,
the missing person is accounted for.’’.
(d) INFORMATION TO ACCOMPANY RECOMMENDA-
TION OF STATUS OF DEATH.—Section 1507(b) of such
title is amended adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(3) A description of the location of the body,
if recovered.
‘‘(4) If the body has been recovered and is not
identifiable through visual means, a certification by
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a practitioner of an appropriate forensic science that
the body recovered is that of the missing person.’’.
(e) MISSING
PERSON’S
COUNSEL.—(1) Sections
1503(f)(1) and 1504(f)(1) of such title are amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The identity of counsel
appointed under this paragraph for a missing person shall
be made known to the missing person’s primary next of
kin and any other previously designated person of the per-
son.’’.
(2) Section 1503(f)(4) of such title is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘The primary next of kin
of a missing person and any other previously designated
person of the missing person shall have the right to submit
information to the missing person’s counsel relative to the
disappearance or status of the missing person.’’.
(3) Section 1505(c)(1) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘The Secretary concerned shall appoint
counsel to represent any such missing person to whom
such information may be related. The appointment shall
be in the same manner, and subject to the same provi-
sions, as an appointment under section 1504(f)(1) of this
title.’’.
(f) SCOPE OF PREENACTMENT REVIEW.—(1) Section
1509 of such title is amended by striking out in subsection
(a) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
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tion Act for Fiscal Year 1998 by a United States in-
telligence agency, by a Department of Defense agen-
cy, or by a person specified in section 1504(g) of
this title; or
‘‘(B) is identified after the date of the enact-
ment of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998 in records of the United States as
information that could be relevant to the case of one
or more unaccounted for persons described in sub-
section (b).’’.
(2) Such section is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF PERSONNEL FILES FOR
KOREAN CONFLICT CASES.—The Secretary of Defense
shall ensure that a personnel file is established for each
unaccounted for person who is described in subsection
(b)(1). Each such file shall be handled in accordance with,
and subject to the provisions of, section 1506 of this title
in the same manner as applies to the file of a missing
person.’’.
(g) WITHHOLDING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—
Section 1506(b) of such title is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and
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ably accessible to family members of missing
persons.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or part of a debriefing
report,’’ after ‘‘a debriefing report’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘Whenever the Secretary withholds a
debriefing report, or part of a debriefing report,
containing information on unnamed missing
persons from accessibility to families of missing
persons under this section, the Secretary shall
ensure that notice that the withheld debriefing
report exists is made reasonably accessible to
family members of missing persons.’’.
SEC. 569. ESTABLISHMENT OF SENTENCE OF CONFINE-
MENT FOR LIFE WITHOUT ELIGIBILITY FOR
PAROLE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SENTENCE.—(1) Chapter
47 of title 10, United States Code (the Uniform Code of
Military Justice), is amended by inserting after section
856 (article 56) the following new section (article):
‘‘§ 856a. Art. 56a. Sentence of confinement for life
without eligibility for parole
‘‘(a) For any offense for which a sentence of confine-
ment for life may be adjudged, a court-martial may ad-
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judge a sentence of confinement for life without eligibility
for parole.
‘‘(b) An accused who is sentenced to confinement for
life without eligibility for parole shall be confined for the
remainder of the accused’s life unless—
‘‘(1) the sentence is set aside or otherwise
modified as a result of—
‘‘(A) action taken by the convening author-
ity, the Secretary concerned, or another person
authorized to act under section 860 of this title
(article 60); or
‘‘(B) any other action taken during post-
trial procedure and review under any other pro-
vision of subchapter IX;
‘‘(2) the sentence is set aside or otherwise
modified as a result of action taken by a Court of
Criminal Appeals, the Court of Appeals for the
Armed Forces, or the Supreme Court; or
‘‘(3) the accused is pardoned.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of sub-
chapter VIII of such chapter is amended by inserting after
the item relating to section 856 (article 56) the following
new item:
‘‘856a. 56a. Sentence of confinement for life without eligibility for parole.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 856a of title 10,
United States Code (article 56a of the Uniform Code of
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Military Justice), as added by subsection (a), shall be ap-
plicable only with respect to an offense committed after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 570. LIMITATION ON APPEAL OF DENIAL OF PAROLE
FOR OFFENDERS SERVING LIFE SENTENCE.
(a) EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY TO GRANT PAROLE ON
APPEAL OF DENIAL.—Section 952 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) In a case in which parole for an offender serving
a sentence of confinement for life is denied, only the Presi-
dent or the Secretary concerned may grant the offender
parole on appeal of that denial. The authority to grant
parole on appeal in such a case may not be delegated.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply only
with respect to any decision to deny parole made after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 571. ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS BRANCH IN
THE ARMY.
(a) NEW SPECIAL BRANCH.—Section 3064(a) of title
10, United States Code, is amended—
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) the Public Affairs Corps;’’.
(b) PUBLIC AFFAIRS CORPS.—(1) Chapter 307 of
title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘§ 3083. Public Affairs Corps
‘‘There is a Public Affairs Corps in the Army. The
Public Affairs Corps consists of—
‘‘(1) the Chief of the Public Affairs Corps;
‘‘(2) commissioned officers of the Regular Army
appointed therein; and
‘‘(3) other members of the Army assigned
thereto by the Secretary of the Army.’’.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:
‘‘3083. Public Affairs Corps.’’.
(c) TRANSITION.—The Secretary of the Army shall
implement the amendments made by this section not later
than October 1, 1998.
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SEC. 572. REPORT ON MAKING UNITED STATES NATIONALS
ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICIPATION IN SENIOR
RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS.
(a) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to the Committee on National Security of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate a report on the utility of permitting
United States nationals to participate in the Senior Re-
serve Officers’ Training Corps program.
(b) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall
include in the report the following information:
(1) A brief history of the prior admission of
United States nationals to the Senior Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps, including the success rate of
these cadets and midshipmen and how that rate
compared to the average success rate of cadets and
midshipmen during that same period.
(2) The advantages of permitting United States
nationals to participate in the Senior Reserve Offi-
cers’ Training Corps program.
(3) The disadvantages of permitting United
States nationals to participate in the Senior Reserve
Officers’ Training Corps program.
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(4) The incremental cost of including United
States nationals in the Senior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps.
(5) Methods of minimizing the risk that United
States nationals admitted to the Senior Reserve Of-
ficers’ Training Corps would be later disqualified be-
cause of ineligibility for United States citizenship.
(6) The recommendations of the Secretary on
whether United States nationals should be eligible to
participate in the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps program, and if so, a legislative proposal
which would, if enacted, achieve that result.
SEC. 573. COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE.
(a) LIMITED EXPANSION.—Paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a) of section 9315 of title 10, United States Code,
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) prescribe programs of higher education for
enlisted members described in subsection (d) de-
signed to improve the technical, managerial, and re-
lated skills of those members and to prepare them
for military jobs which require the use of those
skills; and ’’.
(b) ELIGIBLE MEMBERS.—Such section is further
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: