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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1841
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 7, 2023
Mr. Romney (for himself, Mr. King, and Mr. Cotton) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To promote military service through enhanced recruiting efforts, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Military Service Promotion Act of 2023
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Increased access to potential recruits at secondary schools
Section 503(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1)(A)—
in clause (i), by striking ; and
and inserting a semicolon;
by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);
by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:
shall provide to military recruiters access to career fairs or similar events upon a request made by military recruiters for military recruiting purposes; and
; and
in clause (iii), as redesignated by subparagraph (B), by inserting , not later than 60 days after receiving such request,
after provide
;
by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:
The Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report to Congress not later than February 1 each calendar year, detailing each notification of denial of recruiting access issued under paragraph (3).
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Increased access to potential recruits at institutions of higher education
Section 983(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking ; or
and inserting a semicolon;
in paragraph (2)—
by striking to the following information pertaining
and inserting , with respect
;
by striking institution):
and inserting institution)—
in subparagraph (A)—
by striking Names
and inserting names
; and
by striking telephone listings.
and inserting telephone listings, which information shall be made available not later than the 60th day following the date of a request; and
; and
in subparagraph (B)—
by striking Date
and inserting date
; and
by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or
; and
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
access by military recruiters for purposes of military recruiting to lists of students (who are 17 years of age or older) not returning to the institution after having been enrolled during the previous semester, together with student recruiting information and the reason why the student did not return, if collected by the institution.
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Study on expansion of the Future Soldier Preparatory Course Pilot Program
In general
Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Army’s Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program.
Elements
The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
An assessment of the performance of the program in preparing interested individuals to meet the Army’s physical fitness and academic accession standards.
An assessment of whether the program should be expanded to include additional locations.
An assessment of whether the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, or the Space Force should create similar programs to engage and prepare interested individuals to meet the relevant service’s physical fitness and academic accession standards.
Congressional defense committees defined
In this section, the term congressional defense committees has the meaning given the term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.