PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1109 "(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the period for which a participant is required to serve in the Selected Reserve under the agreement pursuant to paragraph (2)(D) shall be one year for each period of six months, or part thereof, for which the participant is provided a stipend pursuant to the agreement. "(B) In the case of a participant who enters into a subsequent agreement under subsection (c) and successfully completes residency training in a specialty designated by the Secretary of Defense as a specialty critically needed by the military department in wartime, the requirement to serve in the Selected Reserve may be reduced to one year for each year, or part thereof, for which the stipend was provided while enrolled in medical or dental school.". (c) WARTIME CRITICAL SKILLS.— Subsection (c) of such section (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) is amended— (1) by inserting "WARTIME" after "CRITICAL" in the heading; and (2) by inserting "or has been appointed as a medical or dental officer in the Reserve of the armed force concerned" in paragraph (1)(B) before the semicolon at the end. (d) SERVICE OBLIGATION REQUIREMENT. —Paragraph (2)(D) of subsection (c) of such section (as redesignated by subsection (b)( 1)) and paragraph (2)(D) of subsection (d) of such section (as so redesignated) are amended by striking "two years in the Ready Reserve for each year," and inserting "one year in the Ready Reserve for each six months,". (e) CROSS-REFERENCE.— Paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (c) of such section (as redesignated by subsection (b)(1)) and paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (d) of such section (as so redesignated) are amended by striking "subsection (e)" and inserting "subsection (f)". SEC. 540. HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR THE CHAPLAIN FOR THE CORPS OF CADETS AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY. (a) AUTHORITY. — The second sentence of section 4337 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "the same allowances" and all that follows through "captain" and inserting "a monthly housing allowance in the same amount as the basic allowance for housing allowed to a lieutenant colonel". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendment made by subsection (a) 10 USC 4337 shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning note. on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Subtitle E—Recruiting and Accession Programs SEC. 541.18-MONTH ENLISTMENT PILOT PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Chapter 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 3264. 18-month enlistment pilot program "(a) During the pilot program period, the Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program with the objective of increasing participation of prior service persons in the Selected Reserve and providing assistance in building the pool of participants in the Individual Ready Reserve. "(b) Under the program, the Secretary may, notwithstanding section 505(c) of this title, accept persons for original enlistment
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