[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1841 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1841

 To promote military service through enhanced recruiting efforts, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 7, 2023

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To promote military service through enhanced recruiting efforts, 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 ``Military Service Promotion Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED ACCESS TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

    Section 503(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii);
                    (C) by inserting after clause (i) the following new 
                clause:
            ``(ii) shall provide to military recruiters access to 
        career fairs or similar events upon a request made by military 
        recruiters for military recruiting purposes; and''; and
                    (D) in clause (iii), as redesignated by 
                subparagraph (B), by inserting ``, not later than 60 
                days after receiving such request,'' after ``provide'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(6) The Secretary of Defense shall submit an annual report to 
Congress not later than February 1 each calendar year, detailing each 
notification of denial of recruiting access issued under paragraph 
(3).''.

SEC. 3. INCREASED ACCESS TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS AT INSTITUTIONS OF 
              HIGHER EDUCATION.

    Section 983(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``to the following information 
                pertaining'' and inserting ``, with respect'';
                    (B) by striking ``institution):'' and inserting 
                ``institution)--''
                    (C) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``Names'' and inserting 
                        ``names''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``telephone listings.'' 
                        and inserting ``telephone listings, which 
                        information shall be made available not later 
                        than the 60th day following the date of a 
                        request; and''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``Date'' and inserting 
                        ``date''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) access by military recruiters for purposes of 
        military recruiting to lists of students (who are 17 years of 
        age or older) not returning to the institution after having 
        been enrolled during the previous semester, together with 
        student recruiting information and the reason why the student 
        did not return, if collected by the institution.''.

SEC. 4. STUDY ON EXPANSION OF THE FUTURE SOLDIER PREPARATORY COURSE 
              PILOT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the 
Army's Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program.
    (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following elements:
            (1) An assessment of the performance of the program in 
        preparing interested individuals to meet the Army's physical 
        fitness and academic accession standards.
            (2) An assessment of whether the program should be expanded 
        to include additional locations.
            (3) An assessment of whether the Navy, the Marine Corps, 
        the Air Force, or the Space Force should create similar 
        programs to engage and prepare interested individuals to meet 
        the relevant service's physical fitness and academic accession 
        standards.
    (c) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given the 
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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