PROGRAM TO INCREASE USE OF CERTAIN NURSES BY THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS

SEC. 708. PROGRAM TO INCREASE USE OF CERTAIN NURSES BY THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS (a) Program Required.—(1) Not later than September 30, 1991, the Secretary of each military department shall implement a program to appoint persons who have an associate degree or diploma in 103 STAT. 1476nursing (but have not received a baccalaureate degree in nursing) as officers and to assign such officers to duty as nurses. (2) An officer appointed pursuant to the program required by subsection (a) shall be appointed in a warrant officer grade or in a commissioned grade not higher than 0–3. Such officer may not be promoted above the grade of 0–3 unless the officer receives a baccalaureate degree in nursing. (b) Report on Implementation.—Not later than April 1, 1990, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the actions taken by the Secretaries of the military departments to implement the program required by this section.