[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4651]
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  SA 2307. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle I of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 597B. ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR RECRUITING 
                   PURPOSES.

       (a) In General.--Section 503(c)(1) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A)--
       (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) as 
     subclauses (I) through (III), respectively;
       (B) by striking ``Each local educational agency'' and 
     inserting ``(i) Each local educational agency'';
       (C) in subclause (I), as redesignated by subparagraph (A), 
     by striking ``the same access to secondary school students as 
     is provided generally to postsecondary educational 
     institutions or to prospective employers of those students'' 
     and inserting ``optimal access to secondary school 
     students''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ii) In this subparagraph, the term `optimal access' 
     means access that--
       ``(I) is at least equal to that provided for postsecondary 
     educational institution and potential employer recruitment;
       ``(II) allows military service recruiters to be located in 
     a high traffic area of the school that promotes student 
     engagement;
       ``(III) allows school representatives to facilitate virtual 
     recruiter engagement;
       ``(IV) does not place any prohibition or restriction on a 
     military service recruiter that does not also apply to a 
     postsecondary educational institution or potential employer 
     recruiter; and
       ``(V) is provided to military recruiters not fewer than 4 
     times per academic year.''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``subparagraph 
     (A)(iii)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)(i)(III)''.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a 
     report including--
       (1) an assessment of access to secondary schools provided 
     to service recruiters; and
       (2) any recommendations of the Secretary to improve 
     recruiter access to secondary schools.
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