I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3349 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 3, 2011 Mr. Griffin of Arkansas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to recognize the distance education program developed by the Department of Defense to provide advanced joint professional military education through a combination of non-resident and resident instruction as equivalent to the joint professional military education phase II program consisting of exclusively of resident instruction.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Guard and Reserve Equality in Education Act.

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Authorization to use non-resident component to provide portion of joint professional military education Phase II program of instruction

(a)

Authorization of distance education program for Phase II instruction

Section 2154(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking taught in residence at and inserting taught in residence at, or through a combination of distance learning and resident instruction by. (b)

Conforming amendment regarding duration of principal course of instruction at Joint Forces Staff College

Section 2156(a) of such title is amended by striking than 10 weeks of resident instruction. and inserting the following: than—(1)10 weeks of resident instruction; or (2)if the principal course of instruction includes a distance learning component, 160 hours of resident instruction. . (c)

Treatment of officers who previously completed distance education program

In the case of each officer of the Armed Forces who, before the date of the enactment of this Act, completed the distance education program developed by the Department of Defense to provide advanced joint professional military education through a combination of distance learning and resident instruction, but who was awarded credit for only Phase I joint professional military education upon completion of the program, the Secretary of Defense shall award the officer retroactive credit for Phase II joint professional military education.