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 120 STAT. 2214

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

(d) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PREVIOUSLY REQUIRED REPORT.—The report required by subsection (c) of section 526 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3246), relating to the rationale and plans of the Navy to provide enlisted members an opportunity to obtain graduate degrees, shall be submitted, in accordance with that subsection, not later than March 30, 2007. (e) REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON PILOT PROGRAM.— (1) REPEAL.—Subsection (d) of section 526 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3246) is repealed. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘, particularly in the career fields under consideration for the pilot program referred to in subsection (d)’’. (f) REPORT ON USE OF NPS AND AFIT.—Not later than March 30, 2007, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a joint report on the manner by which each Secretary intends to use the Naval Postgraduate School and the Air Force Institute of Technology during fiscal years 2008 through 2013 to meet the overall requirements of the Navy and Marine Corps and of the Air Force for enlisted members with graduate degrees. The report shall include the following: (1) The numbers and occupational specialities of enlisted members that each Secretary plans to enroll as candidates for graduate degrees each year in each of the two schools. (2) A description of the graduate degrees that those enlisted members will pursue at those schools. (3) Other matters that the two Secretaries jointly consider to be useful for the committees to better understand the future role that the two schools will each have in meeting service requirements for enlisted members with graduate degrees.

Subtitle D—General Service Authorities SEC. 546. TEST OF UTILITY OF TEST PREPARATION GUIDES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN ENHANCING RECRUIT CANDIDATE PERFORMANCE ON THE ARMED SERVICES VOCATIONAL APTITUDE BATTERY (ASVAB) AND ARMED FORCES QUALIFICATION TEST (AFQT).

(a) REQUIREMENT FOR TEST.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a test of the utility of commercially available test preparation guides and education programs designed to assist recruit candidates achieve scores on military recruit qualification testing that better reflect the full potential of those recruit candidates in terms of aptitude and mental category. The test shall be conducted through the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. (b) ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE GUIDES AND PROGRAMS.—The test shall assess commercially available test preparation guides and education programs designed to enhance test performance. The test preparation guides assessed shall test both written formats and self-paced computer-assisted programs. Education programs assessed may test both self-study textbook and computer-assisted courses and instructor-led courses.

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