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 118 STAT. 1935 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (B) subject to subsection (b), to implement such screening methods and process improvements on a test basis. (2) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘specified GED recipi ents’’ means persons who receive a General Educational Develop ment (GED) certificate as a result of home schooling or the comple tion of a program under the National Guard Challenge program. (b) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE REVIEW.—Before the screening methods and process improvements developed under subsection (a)(1) are put into effect under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary of Defense shall review the proposed screening methods and process improvements. Based on such review, the Secretary of Defense either shall approve the use of such screening methods and process improvements for testing (with such modifications as the Secretary may direct) or shall disapprove the use of such methods and process improvements on a test basis. (c) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DECISION.—If the Secretary of Defense determines under subsection (b) that the screening methods and process improvements developed under subsection (a)(1) should be implemented on a test basis, then upon completion of the test period, the Secretary of Defense shall, after reviewing the results of the test program, determine whether the new screening methods and process improvements developed by the Army should be extended throughout the Department for recruit candidates identi fied by the new procedures to be considered tier 1 recruits. (d) REPORTS.—(1) If the Secretary of Defense determines under subsection (b) that the screening methods and process improvements developed under subsection (a)(1) should not be implemented on a test basis, the Secretary of Defense shall, not later than 90 days thereafter, notify the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives of such determination, together with the reasons of the Secretary for such determination. (2) If the Secretary of Defense determines under subsection (b) that the screening methods and process improvements developed under subsection (a)(1) should be implemented on a test basis, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the committees specified in paragraph (1) a report on the results of the testing. The report shall be submitted not later than March 31, 2009, except that if the Secretary of Defense directs an earlier termination of the testing initiative, the Secretary of the Army shall submit the report under this paragraph not later than 180 days after such termi nation. Such report shall include the determination of the Secretary of Defense under subsection (c). If that determination is that the methods and processes tested should not be extended to the other services, the report shall include the Secretary’s rationale for not recommending such extension. SEC. 594. REDESIGNATION OF NATIONAL GUARD CHALLENGE PRO GRAM AS NATIONAL GUARD YOUTH CHALLENGE PRO GRAM. (a) REDESIGNATION.—Section 509 of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking ‘‘National Guard Challenge Program’’ the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘National Guard Youth Challenge Program’’; and

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