[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 645 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 645

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
homeschooled students in Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps units.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 5, 2019

 Mr. Cotton (for himself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
homeschooled students in Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps units.

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

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF HOMESCHOOLED STUDENTS IN JUNIOR RESERVE 
              OFFICER'S TRAINING CORPS UNITS.

    Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g)(1) Each public secondary educational institution that 
maintains a unit under this section shall permit membership in the unit 
to homeschooled students residing in the area served by the institution 
who are qualified for membership in the unit (but for lack of 
enrollment in the institution).
    ``(2) A student who is a member of a unit pursuant to this 
subsection shall count toward the satisfaction by the institution 
concerned of the requirement in subsection (b)(1) relating to the 
minimum number of student members in the unit necessary for the 
continuing maintenance of the unit.''.
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