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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 5009 (EAH) — 118 HR 5009 EAH: Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Sec. 531

Sec. 531. Expansion of report on future servicemember preparatory course

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Section 546 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 ( Public Law 118–31 ; 10 U.S.C. 520 note) is amended— in subsection (c)— by amending paragraph
(2)to read as follows: Prior to attending initial basic training, all enlisted persons attending the course established under this section must achieve a score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test that is— at least 10 points higher than the individual’s most recent score taken prior to the individual’s date of enlistment; or no longer subject to the restrictions of section 520 of title 10, United States Code. ; and in paragraph (3), by striking course graduation requirements within 180 days of enlistment and inserting meaningful progress, as determined by the Secretary concerned, within 90 days of enlistment ; and in subsection (d)— by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (6); and by inserting, after paragraph (3), the following new paragraphs: The determination of the Secretary regarding the effectiveness of the preparatory course. Recommendations of the Secretary regarding— how to improve the preparatory course; whether to expand the preparatory course. .
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