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Defense University to ensure that visits to China and Tai-
wan are an integral part of the field study programs con-
ducted by the university as part of the military education 
course carried out pursuant to subsection (a) and that 
such field study programs include annually at least one 
class field study trip to the People’s Republic of China 
and at least one class field study trip to the Republic of 
China on Taiwan.’’. 
SEC. 529. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING ESTABLISH-
MENT OF NATIONAL COLLEGE OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of De-
fense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity, should establish within the National Defense Uni-
versity an educational institution, to be known as the Na-
tional College of Homeland Security, to have the mission 
of providing strategic-level homeland security and home-
land defense education and related research to civilian and 
military leaders from all agencies of government in order 
to contribute to the development of a common under-
standing of core homeland security principles and of effec-
tive interagency and multijurisdictional homeland security 
strategies, policies, doctrines, and processes.
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Subtitle D—General Service 
Requirements 
SEC. 531. UNIFORM ENLISTMENT STANDARDS FOR THE 
ARMED FORCES. 
(a) UNIFORM STANDARDS.—Section 504 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ at the beginning of the 
text; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b)(1) Except as provided under paragraph (2), a 
person may not be enlisted in any armed force unless that 
person is one of the following: 
‘‘(A) A national of the United States, as de-
fined in section 101(a)(22) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)). 
‘‘(B) An alien who is lawfully admitted for per-
manent residence, as defined in section 101(a)(20) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(20)). 
‘‘(C) A person described in section 341 of one 
of the following: 
‘‘(i) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween the Federated States of Micronesia and 
the United States (section 201(a) of Public
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Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2784; 48 U.S.C. 1921 
note)). 
‘‘(ii) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween the Republic of the Marshall Islands and 
the United States (section 201(b) of Public 
Law 108–188 (117 Stat. 2823; 48 U.S.C. 1921 
note)). 
‘‘(iii) The Compact of Free Association be-
tween Palau and the United States (section 201 
of Public Law 99–658 (100 Stat. 3678; 48 
U.S.C. 1931 note)). 
‘‘(2) The Secretary concerned may authorize the en-
listment of persons not described in paragraph (1) when 
the Secretary determines that such enlistment is vital to 
the national interest.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL
OF SERVICE-SPECIFIC 
PROVISIONS.—
(1) REPEAL.—Sections 3253 and 8253 of such 
title are repealed. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 333 is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 3253. The table 
of sections at the beginning of chapter 833 is 
amended by striking the item relating to section 
8253.
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SEC. 532. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM TERM OF ORIGINAL EN-
LISTMENT IN REGULAR COMPONENT. 
Section 505(c) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘eight 
years’’. 
SEC. 533. MEMBERS COMPLETING STATUTORY INITIAL 
MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION. 
(a) NOTIFICATION TO INITIAL ENTRANTS.—Section 
651(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) Each person covered by subsection (a), upon 
commencing that person’s initial period of service as a 
member of the armed forces, shall be provided the date 
on which the initial military service obligation of that per-
son under this section ends.’’. 
(b) NOTIFICATION TO INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE 
MEMBERS.—Section 10144 of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) In the case of a member of the armed forces 
who is serving in the Individual Ready Reserve to complete 
the initial military service obligation of that member under 
section 651 of this title, the Secretary concerned shall—
‘‘(1) notify the member when the period of that 
service obligation is completed; and