3.0.0 2867 2023-01-11T13:42:30Z 2023-01-11T13:42:30Z Senate S 2018-05-16 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-05-16T19:44:59Z 2018-05-16 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2018-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 00 2018-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2019-06-14T17:48:40Z JROTC Opportunities for Transformational Change Act or the JROTC Act

This bill provides that if a military department is notified by a local educational agency of the intent of the agency to close its Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) unit, the military department shall offer the agency the option of converting the program to a National Defense Cadet Corps program unit in lieu of closing the unit.

The military departments shall: (1) undertake initiatives designed to promote flexibility in the hiring and compensation of instructors for the JROTC program under the jurisdiction of such departments; and (2) take appropriate actions to provide so-called regional directors of such programs located at remote rural schools enhanced discretion in the allocation and use of funds for travel in connection with program activities.

The Department of Defense shall take appropriate actions to standardize the data collected and maintained on such programs in order to facilitate and enhance the collection and analysis of such data.

]]> JROTC Act Display Title JROTC Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs, to authorize an expansion of their presence in low-income, rural, and underserved areas of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced JROTC Act Short Titles as Introduced JROTC Opportunities for Transformational Change Act Introduced in Senate 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2867is/xml/BILLS-115s2867is.xml 2018-05-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.