Sec. 561. ARMY RECRUITING PILOT PROGRAMS
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## SEC. 561 ARMY RECRUITING PILOT PROGRAMS **[**[10 U.S.C. 503 note](/us/usc/t10/s503)**]** ###
(a)Requirement for Programs The Secretary of the Army shall carry out pilot programs to test various recruiting approaches under this section for the following purposes: ####
(1)To assess the effectiveness of the recruiting approaches for creating enhanced opportunities for recruiters to make direct, personal contact with potential recruits. ####
(2)To improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of Army recruiting activities. ###
(b)Outreach Through Motor Sports ####
(1)One of the pilot programs shall be a pilot program of public outreach that associates the Army with motor sports competitions to achieve the objectives set forth in paragraph (2). ####
(2)The events and activities undertaken under the pilot program shall be designed to provide opportunities for Army recruiters to make direct, personal contact with high school students to achieve the following objectives: #####
(A)To increase enlistments by students graduating from high school. #####
(B)To reduce attrition in the Delayed Entry Program of the Army by sustaining the personal commitment of students who have elected delayed entry into the Army under the program. ####
(3)Under the pilot program, the Secretary of the Army shall provide for the following: #####
(A)For Army recruiters or other Army personnel— ######
(i)to organize Army sponsored career day events in association with national motor sports competitions; and ######
(ii)to arrange for or encourage attendance at the competitions by high school students, teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators of high schools located near the competitions. #####
(B)For Army recruiters and other soldiers to attend national motor sports competitions— ######
(i)to display exhibits depicting the contemporary Army and career opportunities in the Army; and ######
(ii)to discuss those opportunities with potential recruits. #####
(C)For the Army to sponsor a motor sports racing team as part of an integrated program of recruitment and publicity for the Army. #####
(D)For the Army to sponsor motor sports competitions for high school students at which recruiters meet with potential recruits. #####
(E)For Army recruiters or other Army personnel to compile in an Internet accessible database the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and electronic mail addresses of persons who are identified as potential recruits through activities under the pilot program. #####
(F)Any other activities associated with motor sports competition that the Secretary determines appropriate for Army recruitment purposes. ###
(c)Outreach at Vocational Schools and Community Colleges ####
(1)One of the pilot programs shall be a pilot program under which Army recruiters are assigned, as their primary responsibility, at postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges for the purpose of recruiting students graduating from those institutions and colleges, recent graduates of those institutions and colleges, and students withdrawing from enrollments in those institutions and colleges. ####
(2)The Secretary of the Army shall select the institutions and colleges to be invited to participate in the pilot program. ####
(3)The conduct of the pilot program at an institution or college shall be subject to an agreement which the Secretary shall enter into with the governing body or authorized official of the institution or college, as the case may be. ####
(4)Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide for the following: #####
(A)For Army recruiters to be placed in postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges to serve as a resource for guidance counselors and to recruit for the Army. #####
(B)For Army recruiters to recruit from among students and graduates described in paragraph (1). #####
(C)For the use of telemarketing, direct mail, interactive voice response systems, and Internet website capabilities to assist the recruiters in the postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges. #####
(D)For any other activities that the Secretary determines appropriate for recruitment activities in postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges. ####
(5)In this subsection, the term “**postsecondary vocational institution**” has the meaning given the term in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c)). ###
(d)Contract Recruiting Initiatives ####
(1)One of the pilot programs shall be a program that expands in accordance with this subsection the scope of the Army's contract recruiting initiatives that are ongoing as of the date of the enactment of this Act. Under the pilot program, the Secretary of the Army shall select at least 10 recruiting companies to apply the initiatives in efforts to recruit personnel for the Army. ####
(2)Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide for the following: #####
(A)For replacement of the Regular Army and Army Reserve recruiters by contract recruiters in the 10 recruiting companies selected under paragraph (1). #####
(B)For operation of the 10 companies under the same rules as the other Army recruiting companies. #####
(C)For use of the offices, facilities, and equipment of the 10 companies by the contract recruiters. #####
(D)For reversion to performance of the recruiting activities by Regular Army and Army Reserve soldiers in the 10 companies upon termination of the pilot program. #####
(E)For any other uses of contractor personnel for Army recruiting activities that the Secretary determines appropriate. ###
(e)Duration of Pilot Programs The pilot programs required by this section shall be carried out during the period beginning on October 1, 2000, and, subject to subsection (f), ending on September 30, 2007. ###
(f)Authority To Expand or Extend Pilot Programs The Secretary may expand the scope of any of the pilot programs (under subsection (b)(3)(F), (c)(4)(D), (d)(2)(E), or otherwise) or extend the period for any of the pilot programs. Before doing so in the case of a pilot program, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a written notification of the expansion of the pilot program (together with the scope of the expansion) or the continuation of the pilot program (together with the period of the extension), as the case may be. ###
(g)Reports Not later than February 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a separate report on each of the pilot programs carried out under this section. The report on a pilot program shall include the following: ####
(1)The Secretary's assessment of the value of the actions taken in the administration of the pilot program for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of Army recruiting. ####
(2)Any recommendations for legislation or other action that the Secretary considers appropriate to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of Army recruiting. * * * * * * *
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