SPEECH DISORDERS OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN.

SEC. 558. [10 U.S.C. 7431 note] SPEECH DISORDERS OF CADETS AND MIDSHIPMEN. (a) Testing.—The Superintendent of a military service academy shall provide testing for speech disorders to incoming cadets or midshipmen under the jurisdiction of that Superintendent. (b) No Effect on Admission.—The testing under subsection (a) may not have any effect on admission to a military service academy. (c) Results.—The Superintendent shall provide each cadet or midshipman under the jurisdiction of that Superintendent the result of the testing under subsection (a) and a list of warfare unrestricted line officer positions and occupation specialities that require successful performance on the speech test. (d) Therapy.—The Superintendent shall furnish speech therapy to a cadet or midshipman under the jurisdiction of that Superintendent at the election of the cadet or midshipman. (e) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of the military departments shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a joint report that includes the following: (1) The number of cadets or midshipmen with an identified speech disorder in each military service academy. (2) A list of the health care and administrative resources related to speech disorders available to cadets and midshipmen described in paragraph (1). (3) A list of positions and specialties described in subsection (c) pursued by the cadets and midshipmen described in paragraph (1) at the time of graduation.