DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM AND DELAYED ENTRY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR RESERVISTS

SEC. 501. DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM AND DELAYED ENTRY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR RESERVISTS (a) Delayed Entry Program Enlistments.—(1) Chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 512 the following new section: “§ 513. Enlistments: Delayed Entry Program “(a) A person with no prior military service who is qualified under section 505 of this title and applicable regulations for enlistment in a regular component of an armed force may (except as provided in subsection (c)) be enlisted as a Reserve for service in the Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, or Coast Guard Reserve for a term of not less than six years nor more than eight years. “(b) Unless sooner ordered to active duty under chapter 39 of this title or another provision of law, a person enlisted under paragraph (1) shall, within 365 days after such enlistment, be discharged from the reserve component in which enlisted and immediately be en-listed in the regular component of an armed force. During the period beginning on the date on which the person enlists under subsection (a) and ending on the date on which the person is enlisted in a regular component under the preceding sentence, the person shall be in the Ready Reserve of the armed force concerned. “(c) A person who is under orders to report for induction into an armed force under the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), except as provided in clause (ii) or (iii) of section 6(c)(2)(A) of that Act, may not be enlisted under paragraph (1). “(d) This section shall be carried out under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 512 the following new item: “513. Enlistments: Delayed Entry Program.”. (b) Exemption of DEP Enlistees From Ready Reserve Training Requirements.—Section 270(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting “or 513” after “section 269(b)” in the first sentence. (c) Limitation on Crediting DEP Service for Longevity for Pay.—Subsection (e) of section 205 of title 37, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(e)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), a period of service described in paragraph (2) of a member who enlists in a reserve component may not be counted under this section. “(2) Paragraph (1) applies to the following service: “(A) Service performed while a member of a reserve component under an enlistment under section 511(b) or 511(d) of title 10 before the member begins service on active duty under such section (including a period of active duty for training) unless the member performs inactive-duty training before beginning service on active duty or active duty for training; 103 STAT. 1436 “(B) Service performed while a member of a reserve component under an enlistment under section 513 of title 10 (other than a period of active duty to which the member is ordered under chapter 39 of title 10 or another provision of law).”.