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‘‘(e) SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES.—The senior mili-
tary colleges are the senior military colleges in section 
2111a(f) of this title.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘2111c. Senior military colleges: ROTC cyber institutes.’’. 
SEC. 563. MILITARY-TO-MARINER TRANSITION. 
(a) REPORT.— Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating shall jointly report to the Committee on Armed 
Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate on steps the De-
partments of Defense and Homeland Security have taken 
or intend to take to— 
(1) maximize the extent to which United States 
armed forces service, training, and qualifications are 
creditable toward meeting the laws and regulations 
governing United States merchant mariner license, 
certification, and document laws and the Inter-
national Convention on Standards of Training, Cer-
tification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, in-
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cluding steps to enhance interdepartmental coordina-
tion; and 
(2) to promote better awareness among armed 
forces personnel who serve in vessel operating posi-
tions of the requirements for post-service use of armed 
forces training, education, and practical experience in 
satisfaction of requirements for merchant mariner 
credentials under section 11.213 of title 46, Code of 
Federal Regulation, and the need to document such 
service in a manner suitable for post-service use. 
(b) LIST OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.—The report under 
subsection (a) shall include a list of Army, Navy, and Coast 
Guard training programs open to Army, Navy, and Coast 
Guard vessel operators, respectively, that shows— 
(1) which programs have been approved for cred-
it toward merchant mariner credentials; 
(2) which programs are under review for such 
approval; 
(3) which programs are not relevant to the train-
ing needed for merchant mariner credentials; and 
(4) which programs could become eligible for 
credit toward merchant mariner credentials with 
minor changes. 
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SEC. 564. EMPLOYMENT AUTHORITY FOR CIVILIAN FAC-
ULTY AT CERTAIN MILITARY DEPARTMENT 
SCHOOLS. 
(a) ADDITION OF ARMY UNIVERSITY AND ADDITIONAL 
FACULTY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 4021 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (a) and inserting 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary of 
the Army may employ as many civilians as professors, in-
structors, lecturers, researchers, and administrative faculty 
at the Army War College, the United States Army Com-
mand and General Staff College, and the Army University 
as the Secretary considers necessary.’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (c). 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The heading of 
such section is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 4021. Army War College, United States Army Com-
mand and General Staff College, and 
Army University: civilian faculty mem-
bers’’. 
(b) NAVAL WAR COLLEGE AND MARINE CORPS UNI-
VERSITY.—Section 7478 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary of 
the Navy may employ as many civilians as professors, in-
structors, lecturers, researchers, and administrative faculty 
at a school of the Naval War College or of the Marine Corps 
University as the Secretary considers necessary.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
(c) AIR UNIVERSITY.—Section 9021 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.—The Secretary of 
the Air Force may employ as many civilians as professors, 
instructors, lecturers, researchers, and administrative fac-
ulty at a school of the Air University as the Secretary con-
siders necessary.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 565. REVISION OF NAME ON MILITARY SERVICE 
RECORD TO REFLECT CHANGE IN NAME OF A 
MEMBER OF THE ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, OR 
MARINE CORPS, AFTER SEPARATION FROM 
THE ARMED FORCES. 
(a) REVISION REQUIRED.—Section 1551 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) SERVICE UNDER ASSUMED 
NAME.—’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) EFFECT OF CHANGE IN NAME.—The Secretary of 
the military department concerned shall reissue a certificate 
of discharge or an order of acceptance of resignation in the 
new name of any person who, after separation from an 
armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary, legally 
changes the person’s name to reflect the person’s gender 
identity.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of section 
1551 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 1551. Correction of name after separation from 
service’’. 
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 79 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 1551 and inserting the following new item: 
‘‘1551. Correction of name after separation from service.’’. 
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SEC. 566. DIRECT EMPLOYMENT PILOT PROGRAM FOR MEM-
BERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RE-
SERVE. 
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense 
may carry out a pilot program to enhance the efforts of 
the Department of Defense to provide job placement assist-
ance and related employment services directly to members 
in the National Guard and Reserves. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The pilot program shall be of-
fered to, and administered by, the adjutants general ap-
pointed under section 314 of title 32, United States Code. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—As a condition on 
the provision of funds under this section to a State to sup-
port the operation of the pilot program in the State, the 
State must agree to contribute an amount, derived from 
non-Federal sources, equal to at least 30 percent of the funds 
provided by the Secretary of Defense under this section. 
(d) DIRECT EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM MODEL.—The 
pilot program should follow a job placement program model 
that focuses on working one-on-one with a member of a re-
serve component to cost-effectively provide job placement 
services, including services such as identifying unemployed 
and under employed members, job matching services, re-
sume editing, interview preparation, and post-employment 
follow up. Development of the pilot program should be in-
formed by State direct employment programs for members 
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of the reserve components, such as the programs conducted 
in California and South Carolina. 
(e) EVALUATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall de-
velop outcome measurements to evaluate the success of the 
pilot program. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Janu-
ary 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report describing the 
results of the pilot program. The Secretary shall pre-
pare the report in coordination with the Chief of the 
National Guard Bureau. 
(2) ELEMENTS
OF
REPORT.—A report under 
paragraph (1) shall include the following: 
(A) A description and assessment of the ef-
fectiveness and achievements of the pilot pro-
gram, including the number of members of the 
reserve components hired and the cost-per-place-
ment of participating members. 
(B) An assessment of the impact of the pilot 
program and increased reserve component em-
ployment levels on the readiness of members of 
the reserve components. 
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(C) Any other matters considered appro-
priate by the Secretary. 
(g) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to carry out the 
pilot program expires September 30, 2019. 
(2) EXTENSION.—Upon the expiration of the au-
thority under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Defense 
may extend the pilot program for not more than two 
additional fiscal years. 
SEC. 567. PROHIBITION ON ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTE-
NANCE, OR SUPPORT OF SENIOR RESERVE 
OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS UNITS AT EDU-
CATIONAL 
INSTITUTIONS 
THAT 
DISPLAY 
CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAG. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 2102 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION RELATED TO DISPLAY OF CONFED-
ERATE BATTLE FLAG.—(1) The Secretary of a military de-
partment may not establish, maintain, or support a unit 
of the program at any educational institution, including 
any senior military college specified in section 2111a of this 
title, that displays, in a location other than in a museum 
exhibit, the Confederate battle flag. 
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‘‘(2)(A) Upon making a determination under para-
graph (1) that an educational institution displays, in a lo-
cation other than in a museum exhibit, the Confederate bat-
tle flag, the Secretary of the military department concerned 
shall terminate, in accordance with subparagraph (B), any 
unit of the program at that educational institution in exist-
ence as of the date of the determination. 
‘‘(B) The termination of a unit of the program at an 
educational institution pursuant to this paragraph shall 
take effect on the date on which— 
‘‘(i) each member of the program who, as of the 
date of the determination, is enrolled in the edu-
cational institution is no longer so enrolled; and 
‘‘(ii) each student who, as of the date of the de-
termination, is enrolled in the educational institution 
but not yet a member of the program, is no longer so 
enrolled. 
‘‘(3) Not later than January 31, 2017, and each Janu-
ary 31 thereafter through January 31, 2021, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense commit-
tees a report— 
‘‘(A) identifying each unit of the program lo-
cated at an educational institution that displays, in 
a location other than in a museum exhibit, the Con-
federate battle flag; and 
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‘‘(B) describing the implementation of this sub-
section with respect to that educational institution. 
‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘Confederate battle 
flag’ means the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia, 
the battle flag of the Army of Tennessee, the battle flag of 
Forrest’s Cavalry Corps, the Second Confederate Navy Jack, 
the Second Confederate Navy Ensign, or other flag with a 
like design.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 2102(d) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘The 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), the 
President’’. 
(2) Section 2111a of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in section 
2102(e) of this title, the Secretary’’; and 
(B) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Except in the case of a senior 
miliary college at which a unit of the program is ter-
minated pursuant to section 2102(e) of this title, the 
Secretary’’. 
(c) EXCEPTION.—Section 2102 of title 10, United 
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
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‘‘(f) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition under subsection 
(e) shall not apply to an educational institution if the board 
of visitors of such institution has voted to take down the 
flag described in such subsection.’’. 
Subtitle 
F—Defense 
Dependents’ 
Education and Military Family 
Readiness Matters 
SEC. 571. CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSIST LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES THAT BENEFIT DE-
PENDENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES AND DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI-
VILIAN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) ASSISTANCE
TO SCHOOLS WITH SIGNIFICANT 
NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT STUDENTS.—Of the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2017 
by section 301 and available for operation and maintenance 
for Defense-wide activities as specified in the funding table 
in division D, $30,000,000 shall be available only for the 
purpose of providing assistance to local educational agen-
cies under subsection (a) of section 572 of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109–163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b). 
(b) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the mean-
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‘‘(b) MILITARY PERSONNEL ISSUES.—For purposes of 
this section, military personnel issues include issues relat-
ing to health care, retirement benefits, pay, direct and indi-
rect compensation, and entitlements for members of the 
armed forces.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item: 
‘‘190. Representation on boards, councils, and committees making recommenda-
tions relating to military personnel issues.’’. 
SEC. 593. BODY MASS INDEX TEST. 
(a) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Defense shall review— 
(1) the current body mass index test procedure 
used by the Armed Forces; and 
(2) other methods to measure body fat with a 
more holistic health and wellness approach. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The review under subsection (a) 
shall— 
(1) address nutrition counseling; 
(2) determine the best methods to be used by the 
Armed Forces to assess body fat percentages; and 
(3) improve the accuracy of body fat measure-
ments. 
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