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 Ill STAT. 1738 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 (4) The Secretary shall submit with the plan any recommendations for legislation that the Secretary considers necessary to carry out the plan. (e) DEFINITIONS FOR CATEGORIES OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS.— In this section: (1) The term "non-dual status military technician" has the meaning given that term in section 10217 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). (2) The term "military technician (dual status)" has the meaning given the term in section 10216(a) of such title. SEC. 524. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY AND DESIRABILITY OF CONVER- SION OF AGR PERSONNEL TO MILITARY TECHNICIANS (DUAL STATUS). (a) REPORT REQUIRED. —Not later than January 1, 1998, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the feasibility and desirability of conversion of AGR personnel to military technicians (dual status). The report shall— (1) identify advantages and disadvantages of such a conversion; (2) identify possible savings if such a conversion were to be carried out; and (3) set forth the recommendation of the Secretary as to whether such a conversion should be made. (b) AGR PERSONNEL DEFINED.— For purposes of subsection (a), the term "AGR personnel" means members of the Army or Air Force reserve components who are on active duty (other than for training) in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training their respective reserve components. 10 USC 503 note. Subtltle D—Mcasures To Improve Recruit Quality and Reduce Recruit Attrition SEC. 531. REFORM OF MILITARY RECRUITING SYSTEMS. (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Defense shall carry out reforms in the recruiting systems of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps in order to improve the quality of new recruits and to reduce attrition among recruits. (b) SPECIFIC REFORMS.—As part of the reforms in military recruiting systems to be undertaken under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take the following steps: (1) Improve the system of pre-enlistment waivers and separation codes used for recruits by (A) revising and updating those waivers and codes to allow more accurate and useful data collection about those separations, and (B) prescribing regulations to ensure that those waivers and codes are interpreted in a uniform manner by the military services. (2) Develop a reliable database for (A) analyzing (at both the Department of Defense and service-level) data on reasons for attrition of new recruits, and (B) undertaking Department of Defense or service-specific measures (or both) to control and manage such attrition. (3) Require that the Secretary of each military department (A) adopt or strengthen incentives for recruiters to thoroughly prescreen potential candidates for recruitment, and (B) link

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