REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT PERSONS ENLISTING IN THE AIR FORCE ON GENDER-FREE BASIS

SEC. 522. REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT PERSONS ENLISTING IN THE AIR FORCE ON GENDER-FREE BASIS (a) Requirement.—(1) Chapter 833 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8251 the following new section: “§ 8252. Regular Air Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments “(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), in accepting persons for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force, the Secretary of the Air Force may not— “(1) set a minimum or maximum percentage of persons who may be accepted for such an enlistment according to gender for skill categories or jobs; or “(2) in any other way base the acceptance of a person for such an enlistment on gender. “(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to an enlistment specified as being for training leading to designation in a skill category involving duty assignments to which, under section 8549 of this title, female members of the Air Force may not be assigned.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 8251 the following new item: “8252. Regular Air Force: gender-free basis for acceptance of original enlistments.”. (b) Implementation.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a methodology for implementing section 8252 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), not later than October 1, 1989. 102 STAT. 1974 (c) Effective Date.—Such section shall apply with respect to persons accepted for original enlistment in the Regular Air Force after September 30, 1989. (d) Repeal of FY 89 Requirement for Specified Percentage of Am Force Enlistees To Be Women.—Section 551(a) of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985 (10 U.S.C. 8251 note), is repealed.