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 PUBLIC LAW 96-342—SEPT. 8, 1980

94 STAT. 1083

"(2) the Congress adopts a concurrent resolution stating in substance that it approves the proposed waiver.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item: "520. Limitation on enlistment and induction of persons whose score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test is below a prescribed level.".

(c) The Secretary of Defense shall report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives at the end of each quarter of fiscal year 1981 whether the requirements of section 520 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (b), have a negative impact on combat readiness. (d) It is the sense of the Congress— (1) that secondary educational institutions in the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the territories of the United States should cooperate with the Armed Forces by allowing recruiting personnel access to such institutions; and (2) that it is appropriate for such institutions to release to the Armed Forces information regarding students at such institutions (including such data as names, addresses, and education levels) which is relevant to recruiting individuals for service in the Armed Forces.

Report to congressional committees.

Recruitment in secondary educational institutions. 10 USC 503 note.

COMPREHENSIVE MANPOWER MOBILIZATION PLAN

SEC, 303. (a) The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with the Director of Selective Service, shall prepare and submit to the Congress, not later than April 2, 1981, a comprehensive plan for the effective management during peacetime of the potential military manpower of the United States and for the effective mobilization during a war or national emergency of the military manpower and defense-related manpower of the United States. Such plan shall include— (1) any new and improved procedures for the registration and classification of persons under the Military Selective Service Act, placing special emphasis on administrative and medical procedures that will result in more efficient and cost-effective screening of registrants; (2) new categories and equitable standards for the deferment and exemption of persons from training and service under the Military Selective Service Act; and (3) such other administrative changes considered necessary or appropriate to manage effectively during peacetime the potential military manpower of the United States and to mobilize effectively during a war or national emergency the military manpower and defense-related manpower of the United States. 0 > The Secretary of Defense and the Director of Selective Service 1) shall conduct a study of the impact, if any, of the reinstatement of re^tration under the Military Selective Service Act, and the impact of implementing the plan described in subsection (a), on the recruitment and retention of personnel for the active duty and reserve forces of the United States. The Secretary of Defense shall submit the results of such study to the Congress not later than April 2, 1981. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Congress not later than January 31, 1981, containing the Secretary's projections for each of thefivefiscalyears 1981 through 1985 with respect to (1) the total manpower needs of each active duty and reserve component of the Armed Forces, and (2) the desirea and planned characteristics (including educational attainment, mental ability,

Plan, submittal to Congress.

Registration procedures. 50 USC app. 451.

Deferment.

Study.

Submittal to Congress. Report to Congress.

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