REPORT ON INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF ALL OFFICERS AS RESERVE OFFICERS AND ON THE APPROPRIATE ACTIVE DUTY OBLIGATION OF GRADUATES OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES

SEC. 524. REPORT ON INITIAL APPOINTMENT OF ALL OFFICERS AS RESERVE OFFICERS AND ON THE APPROPRIATE ACTIVE DUTY OBLIGATION OF GRADUATES OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES (a) Report Required.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on— (1) the advantages, disadvantages, and desirability of initially appointing all persons commissioned as officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps as Reserve officers, and (2) what the appropriate active duty service obligation should be for graduates of the service academies. (b) Deadline for Report.— (1) The Secretary shall submit the report required by subsection (a), together with such comments and recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) If the report is not submitted within 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, then— (A) all persons initially appointed as commissioned officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps after the 60th day following the date of the enactment of this Act shall be appointed as commissioned officers in a Reserve component of the Armed Forces; and 104 STAT. 1563 (B) all persons entering the service academies after the 60th day following the date of the enactment of this Act shall incur an obligation to serve on active duty for a period of five years. (c) Service Academy Defined.— For purposes of this section, the term “service academies” means the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy.