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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3107 
To enhance military recruitment by improving access to student directory 
information, enabling the military to inform prospective applicants about 
service options and the benefits of military service, such as competitive 
pay, education, and valuable experience, which is crucial for meeting 
National Security Strategy requirements and supporting combatant com-
mander demand. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2025 
Mrs. KIGGANS of Virginia (for herself, Mr. GOODEN, Mr. PANETTA, and Ms. 
HOULAHAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To enhance military recruitment by improving access to stu-
dent directory information, enabling the military to in-
form prospective applicants about service options and 
the benefits of military service, such as competitive pay, 
education, and valuable experience, which is crucial for 
meeting National Security Strategy requirements and 
supporting combatant commander demand. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Service Enlistment and 
Recruitment of Valuable Engagement Act’’ or the 
‘‘SERVE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Ensuring that the United States has a suf-
ficient number of qualified active duty military per-
sonnel is a matter of national security. To maintain 
force levels, the Department of Defense must bal-
ance recruiting new members with retaining trained 
servicemembers. However, the current recruitment 
environment is the most challenging it has been in 
50 years. A combination of factors, including a 
strong economy, a shrinking eligible population, and 
declining trust in institutions among Generation Z, 
has significantly impacted the Department’s ability 
to recruit. As of 2022, only 12 percent of youth had 
a parent who served in the military, down from 40 
percent in 1995. 
(2) The disconnect between today’s youth and 
the military has led to a lack of awareness regarding 
the benefits of military service, such as competitive 
pay, career training, and a meaningful mission. Re-
search indicates that over half of youth have never 
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considered military service, underscoring the urgent 
need for a renewed national call to service. 
(3) The Junior Reserve Officers’ Training 
Corps (JROTC) program offers essential leadership 
training and character development for high school 
students. By establishing formalized authorization 
for students without a JROTC unit at their school 
to utilize JROTC units at other school within their 
school district, we will improve access and opportuni-
ties for students. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS ON ACCESS TO POTENTIAL APPLI-
CANTS. 
(a) MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO HIGH SCHOOLS.— 
(1) 
RECRUITING.—Section 
503(c)(1)(A) 
of 
chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the same ac-
cess to secondary school students as is provided 
generally to postsecondary educational institu-
tions or to prospective employers of those stu-
dents’’ and inserting ‘‘meaningful access to sec-
ondary schools, including monthly visits or at a 
minimum no fewer than 4 times per academic 
year spread across the school year, in high traf-
fic areas during peak school hours, lunch peri-
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ods, between classes in a manner that does not 
interfere with class attendance, and with rea-
sonable notice, in auditoriums and other meet-
ing spaces, at athletic functions and other 
group or social activities’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the 60th day after the start of the 
school year, and thereafter, not later than 
30 days’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘academic grades, 
genders,’’ after ‘‘student names,’’. 
(2) ROTC ACCESS.—Section 983(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘in a 
manner that is at least equal in quality and 
scope to the access to campuses and to students 
that is provided to any other employer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘that, at a minimum, includes no fewer 
than 4 times per academic year spread across 
the school year during peak school hours, while 
classes are in session, in high-traffic areas, and 
with reasonable notice, in auditoriums and 
other meeting spaces, and during athletic func-
tions and other group or social activities’’; 
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(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘academic 
grades, genders,’’ after ‘‘names,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘60th day’’ and 
inserting ‘‘60th day after the start of 
the school year and thereafter not 
later than 30 days’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) access by military recruiters for purposes 
of military recruiting, with respect to students (who 
are 17 years of age or older) not returning to the 
institution after having been enrolled during the pre-
vious semester— 
‘‘(A) the information required under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B); and 
‘‘(B) the reason for failure to return, if 
collected by the institution; and 
‘‘(4) access by military recruiters for purposes 
of military recruiting to lists of students (who are 17 
years of age or older) enrolled at that institution (or 
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any subelement of that institution) who have sub-
mitted a Free Application for Federal Student Aid, 
together with the listed information required under 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), if collected by the insti-
tution.’’. 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF AFFILIATION TYPES FOR 
JROTC. 
(a) POLICY.—The Department of Defense shall es-
tablish policy to create two types of affiliation within the 
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) pro-
gram, as follows: 
(1) HOST UNIT.—A JROTC unit located at a 
high school that has a Memorandum of Agreement 
with a military department to maintain a JROTC 
program on its campus, staffed full-time. 
(2) CROSS-TOWN.—A high school that has an 
agreement with a host JROTC unit’s institution, al-
lowing its students to enroll in the JROTC program 
of the host unit and participate in activities at both 
campuses, without dedicated staff. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—The Department of Defense shall 
issue guidance to implement these affiliation types within 
the JROTC program, ensuring clarity on the roles, re-
sponsibilities, and requirements for each affiliation type. 
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