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 110 STAT. 2526 PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 (b) REPORT CONTENTS. —The report referred to in subsection (a) is a report by the Secretary of the Army in which the Secretary— (1) describes the selection process used to identify the Reserve Officer Training Corps units of the Army to be terminated; (2) lists the criteria used by the Army to select Reserve Officer Training Corps units for termination; (3) sets forth the specific ranking of each unit of the Reserve Officer Training Corps of the Army to be terminated as against all other such units; (4) sets forth the authorized and actual cadre staffing of each such unit for each fiscal year of the 10-fiscal year period ending with fiscal year 1996; (5) sets forth the production goals and performance evaluations of each such unit for each fiscal year of the 10-fiscal year period ending with fiscal year 1996; (6) describes how cadets currently enrolled in the units referred to in paragraph (5) will be accommodated after the closure of such units; (7) describes the incentives to enhance the Reserve Officer Training Corps program that are provided by each of the colleges on the closure list; (8) includes the projected officer accession plan by source of commission for the active-duty Army, the Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard; and (9) describes whether the closure of any ROTC unit will adversely affect the recruitment of minority officer candidates. SEC. 553. PILOT PROGRAM TO TEST EXPANSION OF ROTC PROGRAM TO INCLUDE GRADUATE STUDENTS. (a) TEST PROGRAM. — Section 2107(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" after "(c)"; and (2) by adding at the end the following: "(2) The Secretary of Defense shall authorize the Secretaries of the military departments to carry out a test program to determine the desirability of enabling graduate students to participate in the financial assistance program under this section. As part of such test program, the Secretary of a military department may provide financial assistance, as described in paragraph (1), to a student enrolled in an advanced education program beyond the baccalaureate degree level if the student also is a cadet or midshipman in an advanced training program. Not more than 15 percent of the total number of scholarships awarded under this section in any year may be awarded under the test program. No scholarship may be awarded under the test program after September 30, 1999.". (b) AUTHORITY TO ENROLL IN ADVANCED TRAINING PROGRAM. — Paragraph (3) of section 2101 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting "students enrolled in an advanced education program beyond the baccalaureate degree level or to" after 'instruction offered in the Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to". 10 USC 2107 (c) REPORT TO CONGRESS. — Not later than December 31, 1998, note. the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the experience to that date under the test program authorized under the amendment made by subsection (a)(2). The report shall include the Secretary's assessment of the effect of the test program

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