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 PUBLIC LAW 102-190—DEC. 5, 1991 105 STAT. 1363 SEC. 523. BACCALAUREATE DEGREE REQUIRED FOR APPOINTMENT OR 10 USC 591 PROMOTION OF RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS TO GRADES "ote. ABOVE FIRST LIEUTENANT OR LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE). (a) IN GENERAL. —After September 30, 1995, no person may be appointed to a grade above the grade of first lieutenant in the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, or Marine Corps Reserve or to a grade above the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve, or be federally recognized in a grade above the grade of first lieutenant as a member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard, unless that person has been awarded a baccalaureate degree by an accredited educational institution. (b) EXCEPTIONS.— Subsection (a) does not apply to the following: (1) The appointment to a higher grade of a person who is appointed in or assigned for service in a health profession for which a baccalaureate degree is not a condition of original appointment or assignment. (2) The appointment in the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve of an individual appointed for service as an officer designated as a limited duty officer. (3) The appointment in the Naval Reserve of an individual appointed for service under the Naval Aviation Cadet (NAVCAD) program. SEC. 524. PRIORITY IN MAKING ORIGINAL APPOINTMENTS IN GUARD AND 10 USC 591 RESERVE COMPONENTS FOR ROTC SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM note. GRADUATES. In making appointments of persons as second lieutenants in the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, or Marine Corps Reserve or to the grade of ensign in the Naval Reserve, or in granting federal recognition in the grade of second lieutenant to members of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall give preference to persons who have completed a post-secondary program of education pursued under a ROTC scholarship program at a college or university accredited to award baccalaureate degrees or pursued under a ROTC scholarship program at an accredited two-year or four-year military college. SEC. 525. WAIVER OF PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN RESERVE SERVICE WITH 10 USC 690 THE ROTC PROGRAM. note. The Secretary of the military department concerned may waive the prohibition in section 690 of title 10, United States Code, in the case of a member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces referred to in that section who is serving in an assignment to duty with a unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps program on September 30, 1991, if the Secretary determines that the removal of the member from that assignment will cause a financial hardship for that member. SEC. 526. REPORT ON THE SUPERVISION, MANAGEMENT, AND ADMINIS- 10 USC 5252 TRATION OF THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE. note. (a) REPORT.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the supervision, management, and administration of the Marine Corps Reserve. (b) CONTENT OF REPORT.— The report shall include the following:

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