Sec. 582. CONDITIONAL DESIGNATION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL CORPS AS A BASIC BRANCH OF THE ARMY
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## SEC. 582 CONDITIONAL DESIGNATION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL CORPS AS A BASIC BRANCH OF THE ARMY ###
(a)Conditional Designation Subject to subsection (b), section 3063(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (12), by striking “and”; ####
(2)by redesignating paragraph
(13)as paragraph (14); and ####
(3)by inserting after paragraph
(12)the following new paragraph (13): > > #### “(13) > > Explosive Ordnance Disposal Corps; and” > . ###
(b)Delayed Effective Date and Condition on Execution **[**[10 U.S.C. 3063 note](/us/usc/t10/s3063)**]** ####
(1)Effective date The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on October 1, 2025, but only if the report required by paragraph
(2)is not submitted before that date as required by such paragraph. ####
(2)Reporting requirement Not later than September 30, 2025, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing certifications that the following actions have occurred as of that date: #####
(A)The defense budget materials display funding requirements for explosive ordnance disposal separately and a program of record is established and maintained for explosive ordnance disposal. #####
(B)A process has been established to ensure that, by not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, there is, and will continue to be, at least one general officer in the Army, the explosive ordnance disposal commandant (chief of explosive ordnance disposal), qualified regarding issues involving explosive ordnance disposal to ensure officer professional development and upward mobility. #####
(C)The Ordnance Personnel Proponency Office is, and will continue to be, manned with an explosive ordnance disposal officer to oversee explosive ordnance disposal officer and enlisted personnel proponency. #####
(D)Explosive ordnance disposal officer education has been included in a basic officer leadership course, a captains career course, and a policy and planning course specific to explosive ordnance disposal as part of intermediate level education and pre-command courses. #####
(E)The office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G8, and the office of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G3, have, and will continue to be, manned with explosive ordnance disposal officers responsible for the decision management decision packages, ammunition organizational integration, and force modernization related to explosive ordnance disposal. #####
(F)The Army has established and maintained explosive ordnance disposal cells at the Army Forces Command, Army Service Component Commands, Army Special Operations Command, Army Training and Doctrine Command, and the Army Capability and Integration Center. #####
(G)The explosive ordnance disposal commandant (chief of explosive ordnance disposal) has determined whether explosive ordnance disposal soldiers have the appropriate skills necessary to support missions of special operations forces (as identified in section 167(j) of title 10, United States Code). Such skills may include airborne, air assault, combat diver, fast roping insertion and extraction, helocasting, military free-fall, and off-road driving. ####
(3)Notice of report The Secretary of the Army shall notify the Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives of the submission of the report under paragraph
(2)so that the Law Revision Counsel does not execute the amendments made by subsection (a).
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CONDITIONAL DESIGNATION OF EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL CORPS AS A BASIC BRANCH OF THE ARMY
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