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 113 STAT. 614 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 10 USC 16401 note. Deadline. given that term in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001).". (2) The tables of chapters at the beginning of subtitle E of such title and at the beginning of part IV of such subtitle are amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 1609 the following new item: "1611. Other Educational Assistance Programs 16401". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 3695(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking "Chapters 106 and 107" and inserting "Chapters 107, 1606, and 1610". (c) COMPUTATION OF CREDITABLE SERVICE.—Section 205 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the periods of service of a commissioned officer appointed under section 12209 of title 10 after receiving financial assistance under section 16401 of such title that are counted under this section may not include a period of service after January 1, 2000, that the officer performed concurrently as a member of the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program and the Marine Corps Reserve, except that service after that date that the officer performed before commissioning (concurrently with the period of service as a member of the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class program) as an enlisted member on active duty or as a member of the Selected Reserve may be so counted.". (d) TRANSITION PROVISION.—(1) An enlisted member of the Marine Corps Reserve selected for training as an officer candidate under section 12209 of title 10, United States Code, before implementation of a financial assistance program under section 16401 of such title (as added by subsection (a)) may, upon application, participate in the financial assistance program established under section 16401 of such title (as added by subsection (a)) if the member— (A) is eligible for financial assistance under such section 16401; (B) submits a request for the financial assistance to the Secretary of the Navy not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary establishes the financial assistance program; and (C) enters into a written agreement described in subsection (b)(3) of such section. (2) Section 205(f) of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (c), applies to a member referred to in paragraph (1). SEC. 552. OPTIONS TO IMPROVE RECRUITING FOR THE ARMY RESERVE. (a) REVIEW.— The Secretary of the Army shall conduct a review of the manner, process, and organization used by the Army to recruit new members for the Army Reserve. The review shall seek to determine the reasons for the continuing inability of the Army to meet recruiting objectives for the Army Reserve and to identify measures the Secretary could take to correct that inability. (b) REORGANIZATION TO BE CONSIDERED.— Among the possible corrective measures to be examined by the Secretary of the Army as part of the review shall be a transfer of the recruiting function for the Army Reserve from the Army Recruiting Command to a

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