Sec. 557. Army Physical Fitness Test
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The physical fitness test of record for the United States Army in compliance with Department of Defense Instruction 1308.03, or any successor regulation, is the Army Physical Fitness Test according to the grading and evaluation scale as it existed on January 1, 2020. This test shall be the baseline test of physical fitness for members of the Army and administered at least annually, except when operational requirements or contingency operations would make such test administration impracticable.
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Army may update, replace, or modify the events and scoring standards in the Army Physical Fitness Test as the needs of the Army require after a robust pilot and testing period of at least 24 months. Such modifications shall not take effect until the date that is one year after the Secretary of the Army has provided a briefing on the planned changes to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Nothing in this section prohibits the Army from using the Army Combat Fitness Test, or any other physical assessment the Army may develop, as a supplemental tool to assess physical fitness for all or parts of the force.
Army Commanders may also require higher standards than the Army-wide grading scale for promotions, awards, schools and similar actions. Such supplemental assessment shall not constitute the baseline physical fitness assessment of record for the Army unless it is incorporated into the Army Physical Fitness Test using the procedure described in subsection (b).