S.Amdt. 2101

SA 2101. Mr. ROMNEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 595(a), in the matter proposed to be inserted in
section 503(c)(1)(A)(i) of chapter 31 of title 10, United
States Code, as clause (i)(II), strike ``one in-person
recruitment event'' and insert ``four in-person recruitment
events''.
At the end of subtitle I of title V, add the following:

SEC. 597B. STUDY ON SERVICE ELIGIBILITY.

(a) Study.--Not later than one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
complete a study on the eligibility of United States citizens
aged 17-24 for military service.
(b) Elements.--The study required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) An analysis of historical trends over at least 30 years
preceding the date of the study of the eligibility of United
States citizens aged 17-24 for military service.
(2) An analysis of the reasons for ineligibility, including
an identification of the percentage of citizens who fail to
meet eligibility standards for each of the following reasons:
(A) Physical fitness.
(B) Drug abuse.
(C) Mental health.
(D) Other medical issues.
(E) Aptitude.
(F) Conduct.
(3) An analysis of the potential impacts of increased rates
of social media usage on the reasons described in
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of paragraph (2).
(4) An analysis of the number of individuals on a yearly
basis who seek a waiver for one or more reasons of
ineligibility, compared to the number of individuals who
receive a waiver and join the relevant military service.
(5) An analysis of the average time it takes for each
military service to process a request for a waiver.
(6) An analysis of the reasons that waivers are not
processed more quickly.
(c) Recommendations.--The study required under subsection
(a) shall include recommendations--
(1) suggesting measures that could be taken by Federal and
State leaders to decrease the percentages of United States
citizens failing to meet eligibility standards described in
subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (b)(2); and
(2) proposing measures that the Department of Defense, and
Congress, could take to improve the waiver process and reduce
wait times for decisions on waiver requests.
(d) Federally Funded Research and Development Center.-- The
Secretary of Defense may contract with a federally funded
research and development center to support the completion of
the study required under subsection (a).
(e) Public Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the
completion of the study required under subsection (a), the
Secretary of Defense shall publish on a public website of the
Department of Defense a report containing the findings of the
study.
(2) Annex.--The Secretary may submit to the congressional
defense committees a classified or unclassified annex to the
report required under paragraph (1).

SEC. 597C. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MARKETING REVIEW.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
complete a review of the advertising and marketing models
used by each of the military services in support of
recruiting efforts.
(b) Elements.--The review required under subsection (a)
shall--
(1) assess the efficacy of marketing across each type of
platform used by each service, including print, television,
radio, internet, and social media;
(2) assess the efficacy of the messaging used by each
service; and
(3) include recommendations for each service on ways to
better reach individuals who could be interested in military
service.
(c) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report containing
the findings of the review described required under
subsection (a).
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