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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 1071 (EAH) — 119 S1071 EAH: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · Sec. 534

Sec. 534. Clarifying the calculation of enlistments for persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level for the 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 adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Secretary concerned may exclude from the population to be considered for purposes of determining the percentage limitations imposed by section 520(a) of title 10, United States Code, any enlisted person who has graduated from a future servicemember preparatory course established pursuant to this section with a score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test that is at or above the thirty-first percentile, provided that— the Armed Forces Qualifications Test score that is at or above the thirty-first percentile is obtained within the same fiscal year in which the individual was originally enlisted to serve on active duty; and such score is obtained during the period the individual was originally enlisted to serve on active duty, as determined by the Secretary concerned. ; and in subsection (d)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(6)as paragraphs
(3)through (8), respectively; by inserting before paragraph (3), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), the following new paragraphs: The percentage of nonprior service enlisted persons who scored below the thirty-first percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test upon original enlistment. The percentage of nonprior service enlisted persons who scored below the thirty-first percentile on the Armed Forces Qualification Test following graduation from the preparatory course or subsequent reclassification, as applicable. ; and in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking prepatory and inserting preparatory .
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