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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION H. R. 8269 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require |
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| 6 | 6 | | local educational agencies to allow recruiters to access the secondary |
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| 7 | 7 | | schools served by the local educational agency for recruiting activities, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MAY7, 2024 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. F |
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| 12 | 12 | | ALLON(for himself and Mr. WALTZ) introduced the following bill; which |
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| 13 | 13 | | was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in |
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| 14 | 14 | | addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse- |
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| 15 | 15 | | quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such |
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| 16 | 16 | | provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned |
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| 17 | 17 | | A BILL |
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| 18 | 18 | | To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act |
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| 19 | 19 | | of 1965 to require local educational agencies to allow |
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| 20 | 20 | | recruiters to access the secondary schools served by the |
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| 21 | 21 | | local educational agency for recruiting activities, and for |
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| 22 | 22 | | other purposes. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recruiters on Campus 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act’’ or the ‘‘ROC Act’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | SEC. 2. ESEA MILITARY RECRUITER ACCESS. 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (a) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | NGENERAL.—Subpart 2 of Part F of title VIII 2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | section 8528 the following: 5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘SEC. 8528A. MILITARY RECRUITER ACCESS TO SECONDARY 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SCHOOL CAMPUSES. 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘Each local educational agency receiving assistance 8 |
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| 40 | 40 | | under this Act shall provide military recruiters the same 9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | access to the campus of each secondary school served by 10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the local educational agency for the purpose of recruiting 11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | students who are at least 17 years of age that is provided 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | to any prospective employer, institution of higher edu-13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | cation, or other recruiter.’’. 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (b) E |
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| 47 | 47 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of enact-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ment of this Act. 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING. 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | On an annual basis, the Secretary of Defense shall— 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) collect information from military recruiters 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | regarding the compliance of local educational agen-21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | cies with the requirements of section 8528A of the 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (as added by section 2 of this Act); and 24 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) based on such information, prepare and 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | submit to the Secretary of Education a report 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | that— 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (A) identifies each local educational agency 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | that the Secretary of Defense determines to be 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | in violation of such section; and 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (B) explains the reasons for such deter-7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | mination. 8 |
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