I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6471 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 20, 2012 Mr. Murphy of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the employment of an additional instructor for units of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in which a large percentage of the student population is enrolled.

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Additional support for Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units with large student enrollment

Section 2032 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c)

Additional instructor for units maximizing enrollment

(1)If more than 15 percent of the qualified students at a secondary educational institution are enrolled in the unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps maintained at the institution and the institution has fewer than three instructors in the program, the Secretary of the military department concerned may— (A)detail additional officers and noncommissioned officers on active duty under subsection (c)(1) of section 2031 of this title to serve as an instructor in the program at the institution to ensure the program has three instructors; and (B)authorize the institution to employ additional retired members of the armed forces described in subsection (d) or (e) of section 2031 of this title to serve as an instructor in the program at the institution to ensure the program has three instructors. (2)If the employment of an additional instructor is authorized under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary of the military department concerned shall cover the entire cost incurred by the educational institution to employ the retired member of the armed forces as an instructor in the program. .