Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2246

 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2215

(c) OBJECTIVES.—The objectives of the test are to determine the following: (1) The degree to which test preparation assistance degrades test reliability and accuracy. (2) The degree to which test preparation assistance allows more accurate testing of skill aptitudes and mental capability. (3) The degree to which test preparation assistance allows individuals to achieve higher scores without sacrificing reliability and accuracy. (4) What role is recommended for test preparation assistance in military recruiting. (d) CONTROL GROUP.—As part of the test, the Secretary shall identify a population of recruit candidates who will not receive test preparation assistance and will serve as a control group for the test. Data from recruit candidates participating in the test and data from recruit candidates in the control group shall be compared in terms of both (1) test performance, and (2) subsequent duty performance in training and unit settings following entry on active duty. (e) NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS.—The Secretary shall provide test preparation assistance to a minimum of 2,000 recruit candidates and shall identify an equal number to be established as the control group population. (f) DURATION OF TEST.—The Secretary shall begin the test not later than nine months after the date of the enactment of this Act. The test shall identify participants over a one-year period from the start of the test and shall assess duty performance for each participant for 18 months following entry on active duty. The last participant shall be identified, but other participants may not be identified. (g) REPORT ON FINDINGS.—Not later than six months after completion of the duty performance assessment of the last identified participant in the test, 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 providing the findings of the Secretary with respect to each of the objectives specified in subsection (c) and the Secretary’s recommendations. SEC.

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CLARIFICATION OF NONDISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN SELECTION BOARD PROCEEDINGS.

(a) ACTIVE-DUTY SELECTION BOARD PROCEEDINGS.— (1) EXTENSION TO ALL ACTIVE-DUTY BOARDS.—Chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 613 the following new section: ‘‘§ 613a. Nondisclosure of board proceedings ‘‘(a) NONDISCLOSURE.—The proceedings of a selection board convened under section 611 this title may not be disclosed to any person not a member of the board. ‘‘(b) PROHIBITED USES OF BOARD DISCUSSIONS, DELIBERATIONS, AND RECORDS.—The discussions and deliberations of a selection board described in subsection (a) and any written or documentary record of such discussions and deliberations— ‘‘(1) are immune from legal process; ‘‘(2) may not be admitted as evidence; and

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