EXPANSION OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS.

SEC. 551. EXPANSION OF JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS’ TRAINING CORPS. Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) by striking “The President shall promulgate” and inserting “The Secretary of Defense shall promulgate”; and (B) by striking “maintained, and shall provide” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting “maintained.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(i)(1) The Secretary of Defense shall establish and support not fewer than 3,400, and not more than 4,000, units of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. “(2) The requirement under paragraph (1) shall not apply— “(A) if the Secretary fails to receive an adequate number of requests for Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps units by public and private secondary educational institutions; and “(B) during a time of national emergency when the Secretaries of the military departments determine that funding must be allocated elsewhere.” .