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 119 STAT. 3254

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

SEC. 545. NATIONAL CALL TO SERVICE PROGRAM.

(a) LIMITATION TO DOMESTIC NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAMS.— Subsection (c)(3)(D) of section 510 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in the Peace Corps, Americorps, or another national service program’’ and inserting ‘‘in Americorps or another domestic national service program’’. (b) EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR INITIAL MILITARY SERVICE UNDER PROGRAM.—Subsection (d) of such title section is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘and shall include military occupational specialties for enlistments for officer training and subsequent service as an officer, in cases in which the reason for the enlistment and entry into an agreement under subsection (b) is to enter an officer training program’’. (c) ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATION INCENTIVES BY SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Paragraph (2) of subsection (h) of such section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(2)(A) Educational assistance under paragraphs (3) or (4) of subsection (e) shall be provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs under an agreement to be entered into by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The agreements shall include administrative procedures to ensure the prompt and timely transfer of funds from the Secretary concerned to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the making of payments under this section. ‘‘(B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the provisions of sections 503, 511, 3470, 3471, 3474, 3476, 3482(g), 3483, and 3485 of title 38 and the provisions of subchapters I and II of chapter 36 of such title (with the exception of sections 3686(a), 3687, and 3692) shall be applicable to the provision of educational assistance under this chapter. The term ‘eligible veteran’ and the term ‘person’, as used in those provisions, shall be deemed for the purpose of the application of those provisions to this section to refer to a person eligible for educational assistance under paragraph (3) or (4) of subsection (e).’’. SEC. 546. REPORTS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS AND TO NEW ENTRANTS INTO THE ARMED FORCES ON ‘‘STOP LOSS’’ AUTHORITIES AND INITIAL PERIOD OF MILITARY SERVICE OBLIGATION.

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REPORT ON INFORMATION PROVIDED TO POTENTIAL RECRUITS.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the actions being taken to ensure that each individual being recruited for service in the Armed Forces is provided, before making a formal enlistment in the Armed Forces, precise and detailed information on the period or periods of service to which such individual may be obligated by reason of enlistment in the Armed Forces, including any revisions to Department of Defense Form 4/1. (2) ELEMENTS.—The report under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) a description of how the Department informs enlistees in the Armed Forces on—

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