[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 976 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 976

To provide for education of potential military recruits on healthy body 
 weight and to facilitate and encourage exercise in potential military 
                   recruits, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 16, 2013

  Mr. Udall of Colorado introduced the following bill; which was read 
         twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for education of potential military recruits on healthy body 
 weight and to facilitate and encourage exercise in potential military 
                   recruits, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fit to Serve Act''.

SEC. 2. INFORMATION FOR MILITARY RECRUITS ON HEALTHY WEIGHT.

    (a) In General.--Commencing not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense may provide for 
the dissemination of information on healthy weight to potential 
military recruits.
    (b) Covered Information.--The information provided under subsection 
(a) may include the following:
            (1) Information on the healthy weight of various 
        populations of potential military recruits, set forth by age, 
        height, sex, and other applicable factors.
            (2) Information to assist potential recruits in calculating 
        and tracking body mass index (BMI), and in determining whether 
        they are obese or at risk for obesity.
            (3) Information on the risks of obesity.
            (4) Information on the importance of healthy weight for 
        military service.
            (5) Information on how to achieve and maintain a healthy 
        weight.
    (c) Means and Locations of Dissemination.--
            (1) Electronic dissemination.--Information may be provided 
        under subsection (a) electronically through the following:
                    (A) Internet websites of each Armed Force devoted 
                to recruiting.
                    (B) Internet websites of particular units of the 
                Armed Forces, if appropriate.
                    (C) Internet websites of the military service 
                academies and other appropriate Department of Defense 
                schools.
                    (D) Internet websites for the Senior Reserve 
                Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and the Junior Reserve 
                Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).
            (2) Dissemination in writing.--Information may be provided 
        under subsection (a) in written form at appropriate locations 
        to the following:
                    (A) Potential recruits visiting military recruiting 
                locations.
                    (B) Members of the Armed Forces on active duty.
                    (C) Cadets and midshipmen attending the military 
                service academies, State-sponsored military academies, 
                institutions of higher education that maintain a corps 
                of cadets, and military preparatory schools.
                    (D) Participants in the Senior Reserve Officers' 
                Training Corps and the Junior Reserve Officers' 
                Training Corps.

SEC. 3. JOINT USE AGREEMENTS ON USE OF MILITARY ATHLETIC FACILITIES BY 
              NON-GOVERNMENT CIVILIANS.

    (a) Agreements Authorized.--Each Secretary of a military department 
may enter into joint use agreements with local governments in the 
vicinity of military installations under the jurisdiction of such 
Secretary in order to permit use of athletic facilities at such 
installations by non-Government civilians who reside within the 
jurisdiction of such local governments.
    (b) Protection of Security.--
            (1) Exclusion of certain installations.--The Secretary of a 
        military department may not enter into a joint use agreement 
        under subsection (a) with respect to an installation if the 
        Secretary determines that sensitive activities at the 
        installation would make the use of athletic facilities of the 
        installation by non-Government civilians, or the presence of 
        such civilians at the installation in connection with such use, 
        inadvisable.
            (2) Use by cleared personnel.--The Secretary of a military 
        department may require in a joint use agreement under 
        subsection (a) that--
                    (A) a security or other appropriate clearance shall 
                be a condition to the use of the athletic facilities 
                covered by the agreement by non-Government civilians 
                permitted such use under the agreement; and
                    (B) non-Government civilians using such facilities 
                under the agreement shall comply with such security 
                procedures and requirements as the commander of the 
                installation concerned shall establish.
    (c) Model Agreement.--The Secretary of Defense may, for purposes of 
facilitating entry into joint use agreements under subsection (a)--
            (1) provide for the development of a model joint use 
        agreement for purposes of that subsection which shall, to the 
        extent appropriate, be based on appropriate model agreements 
        developed by the National Policy and Legal Analysis Network 
        (NPLAN); and
            (2) authorize the Secretaries of the military departments 
        to develop standardized guidelines on security clearances and 
        other security requirements to be required in connection with 
        the use of athletic facilities by non-Government civilians 
        under such agreements.
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