12 2 STA T .4 44 9PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 41 7—O CT. 14 , 200 8(b)ELEM E NTS.— E achrepo r tund er s ubsect i on (a) sha l l include ,f or the precedin gy ear co v ered by the report, the follo w ing
( 1 ) A list and description of the j oint education courses available during the year covered by the report. ( 2 ) A list and description of the joint education courses listed under paragraph (1) that are available to, and m ay be completed by, officers of the reserve components of the Armed F orces in other than an in - resident duty status under title 1 0 or 3 2, U nited S tates C ode. (3) For each joint education course listed under paragraph (1), the number of officers from each Armed Force who pursued the course during the year covered by the report, including the number of officers of the Army N ational G uard and Air National Guard who pursued the course. Subti t leD—G e n e ra l Ser v i c e A ut ho ritie sSEC.531 . IN C R E A SE IN M A X IM U M P ERI OD O F REEN L IS T MENT OF RE G- ULAR MEM B ERSOFT H E ARMED FORCES. (a) I N CR E A SET O E IGH T- Y EAR M A X IM U M.—Section 5 05(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by stri k ing ‘ ‘si x years ’ ’ and inserting ‘‘eight years’’
and (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘six years’’ and inserting ‘‘eight years’’. (b) CON F ORMING AMEN D MENT R EGARDING REENLISTMENT B ONUS.—Section 30 8 (a)(2)(A)(ii) of title 3 7 , United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘not to exceed six’’. SEC. 53 2 . PATERNIT Y LEA V E FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) L EA V E AUTHORI Z ED.—Section 701 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(j)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, a married member of the armed forces on active duty whose wife gives birth to a child shall receive 10 days of leave to be used in connection with the birth of the child. ‘‘(2) Leave under paragraph (1) is in addition to other leave authori z ed under this section.’’. (b) EFFECTIVE D ATE.— T he amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies only with respect to children born on or after that date. SEC. 533. PILOT PROGRAMS ON CAREER FLEXIBILITY TO ENHANCE RETENTION OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. (a) P ILOT PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Secretary of a military department may carry out pilot programs under which officers and enlisted members of the regular components of the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of such Secretary may be inactivated from active duty in order to meet personal or professional needs and returned to active duty at the end of such period of inactiva- tion from active duty. (2) PUR P OSE.—The purpose of the pilot programs under this section shall be to evaluate whether permitting inactivation from active duty and greater flexibility in career paths for members of the Armed Forces will provide an effective means to enhance retention of members of the Armed Forces and 10USC7 01 note. 10 USC 701 note. R e gula t i on s .
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