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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 · Sec. 557

Sec. 557. ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS PROGRAMS

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## SEC. 557 ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS PROGRAMS ###
(a)Flexibility in Authorities for Management of Programs and Units ####
(1)In general Chapter 102 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: > > ## “SEC. 2035 Flexibility in authorities for management of programs and unit > > **[**[10 U.S.C. 2035](/us/usc/t10/s2035)**]** > > > ### “(a) Authority To Convert Otherwise Closing Units to National Defense Cadet Corps Program Units > > If the Secretary of a military department is notified by a local educational agency of the intent of the agency to close its Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, the Secretary shall offer the agency the option of converting the unit to a National Defense Cadet Corps
(NDCC)program unit in lieu of closing the unit. > > > ### “(b) Flexibility in Administration of Instructors > > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretaries of the military departments may, without regard to any other provision of this chapter, undertake initiatives designed to promote flexibility in the hiring and compensation of instructors for the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program under the jurisdiction of such Secretaries. > > > #### “(2) Elements > > The initiatives undertaken pursuant to this subsection may provide for one or more of the following: > > > ##### “(A) > > Termination of the requirement for a waiver as a condition of the hiring of well-qualified non-commissioned officers with a bachelor’s degree for senior instructor positions within the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. > > > ##### “(B) > > Specification of a single instructor as the minimum number of instructors required to found and operate a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit. > > > ##### “(C) > > Authority for Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructors to undertake school duties, in addition to Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps duties, at small schools. > > > ##### “(D) > > Authority for the payment of instructor compensation for a limited number of Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructors on a 10-month per year basis rather than a 12-month per year basis. > > > ##### “(E) > > Such other actions as the Secretaries of the military departments consider appropriate. > > > ### “(c) Flexibility in Allocation and Use of Travel Funding > > The Secretaries of the military departments shall take appropriate actions to provide so-called regional directors of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs located at remote rural schools enhanced discretion in the allocation and use of funds for travel in connection with Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps activities. > > > ### “(d) Standardization of Program Data > > The Secretary of Defense shall take appropriate actions to standardize the data collected and maintained on the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in order to facilitate and enhance the collection and analysis of such data. Such actions shall include a requirement for the use of the National Center for Education Statistics
(NCES)identification code for each school with a unit under a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program in order to facilitate identification of such schools and their units under the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs.” > . ####
(2)Clerical amendment **[**[10 U.S.C. 2031](/us/usc/t10/s2031)**]** The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 102 of such titleis amended by adding at the end the following new item:" “2035. Flexibility in authorities for management of programs and units.” ". ###
(b)Authority for Additional Units The Secretaries of the military departments may, using amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act and available in the funding tables in sections 4301 and 4401 for purposes of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs, establish an aggregate of not more than 100 units under the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs in low-income and rural areas of the United States and areas of the United States currently underserved by the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs.
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Sec. 557
ENHANCEMENT OF AUTHORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS PROGRAMS
U.S.C.§ 2035
U.S.C.§ 2031
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