Pub. L. 88-647, tit. I, sec. 101

Sec. 101. Title 10. United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Subtitle A is amended by adding the following new chapter after chapter 101: “CHAPTER 102.— JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS “Sec. “2031. Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. “§ 2031. Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps “(a) The Secretary of each military department shall establish and maintain a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, organized into units, at public and private secondary educational institutions which apply for a unit and meet the standards and criteria prescribed pursuant to this section. Not more than 200 units may be established by all of the military departments each year beginning with the calendar year 1966, and the total number of units which may be established and maintained by all of the military departments under authority of this section, including those units already established on the date of enactment of this section, may not exceed 1,200. The President shall promulgate regulations prescribing the standards and criteria to be followed by the military departments in selecting the institutions at which units are to be established and maintained and shall provide for the fair and equitable distribution of such units throughout the Nation. “(b) No unit may be established or maintained at an institution unless— “(1) the unit contains at least 100 physically fit male students who are at least 14 years of age and are citizens of the United States; “(2) the institution has adequate facilities for classroom instruction, storage of arms and other equipment which may be furnished in support of the unit, and adequate drill areas at or in the immediate vicinity of the institution, as determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned; “(3) the institution provides a course of military instruction of not less than three academic years’ duration, as prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; and “(4) the institution agrees to limit membership in the unit to students who maintain acceptable standards of academic achievement. and conduct, as prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned. “(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall, to support the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program— “(1) detail noncommissioned and commissioned officers of an armed force under his jurisdiction to institutions having units of the Corps as administrators and instructors; 78 Stat. 1064 “(2) provide necessary text materials, equipment, and uniforms; and “(3) establish minimum acceptable standards for performance and achievement for qualified units. “(d) Instead of, or in addition to, detailing noncommissioned and commissioned officers on active duty under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of the military department concerned may authorize qualified institutions to employ, as administrators and instructors in the program, retired noncommissioned and commissioned officers, and members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, whose qualifications are approved by the Secretary and the institution concerned and who request such employment, subject to the following: “(1) retired members so employed are entitled to receive their retired or retainer pay and an additional amount of not more than the difference between their retired pay and the active duty pay and allowances which they would receive if ordered to active duty, and one-half of that additional amount shall be paid to the institution concerned by the Secretary of the military department concerned from funds appropriated for that purpose. “(2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a retired member is not, while so employed, considered to be on active duty or inactive duty training for any purpose.” (2) The chapter analysis of subtitle A, and the chapter analysis of part III of subtitle A, are each amended by inserting the following new item: “102. Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps2031.”