AUTHORITY FOR NONSCHOLARSHIP SENIOR ROTC SOPHOMORES TO VOLUNTARILY CONTRACT FOR AND RECEIVE SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.

SEC. 523. AUTHORITY FOR NONSCHOLARSHIP SENIOR ROTC SOPHOMORES TO VOLUNTARILY CONTRACT FOR AND RECEIVE SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.(a) Authority for Allowance.—Section 209 of title 37, United States Code, is amended—(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c):“(c) Nonscholarship Senior ROTC Members Not in Advanced Training.—A member of the Selected Reserve Officers’ Training Corps who has entered into an agreement under section 2103a of title 10 is entitled to a monthly subsistence allowance at a rate prescribed under subsection (a). That allowance may be paid to the member by reason of such agreement for a maximum of 20 months.”.117 STAT. 1464(b) Authority to Accept Enrollment.—(1) Chapter 103 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2103 the following new section:“§ 2103a. Students not eligible for advanced training: commitment to military service“(a) Authority.—A member of the program who has completed successfully the first year of a four-year Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps course and who is not eligible for advanced training under section 2104 of this title and is not a cadet or midshipman appointed under section 2107 of this title may—“(1) contract with the Secretary of the military department concerned, or the Secretary’s designated representative, to serve for the period required by the program; and“(2) agree in writing to accept an appointment, if offered, as a commissioned officer in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, as the case may be, and to serve in the armed forces for the period prescribed by the Secretary.“(b) Eligibilty Requirements.—A member of the program may enter into a contract and agreement under this section (and receive a subsistence allowance under section 209(c) of title 37) only if the person—“(1) is a citizen of the United States;“(2) enlists in an armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department concerned for the period prescribed by the Secretary; and“(3) executes a certificate of loyalty in such form as the Secretary of Defense prescribes or take a loyalty oath as prescribed by the Secretary.“(c) Parental Consent for Minors.—A member of the program who is a minor may enter into a contract under subsection (a)(1) only with the consent of the member’s parent or guardian.“(d) Termination of Authority.—No contract may be entered into under subsection (a)(1) after December 31, 2006.” .(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2103 the following new item: “2103a. Students not eligible for advanced training: commitment to military service.”. (c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect on January 1, 2004.