Ill STAT. 1766 PUBLIC LAW 105-85 —NOV. 18, 1997 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "30 83. Public Affairs Specialty.". SEC. 597. GRADE OF DEFENSE ATTACHE IN FRANCE. (a) IN GENERAL.— Chapter 41 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 713 the following new section: "§ 714. Defense attache in France: required grade "An officer may not be selected for assignment to the position of defense attache to the United States embassy in France unless the officer holds (or is on a promotion list for promotion to) the grade of brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy, rear admiral (lower half). ". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 713 the following new item: "714. Defense attache in France: required grade.". SEC. 598. REPORT ON CREW REQUIREMENTS OF WC-130J AIRCRAFT. (a) STUDY.— The Secretary of the Air Force shall conduct a study of the crew requirements for WC-130J aircraft to be procured for assignment to the aerial weather reconnaissance mission involving the eyewall penetration of tropical cyclones. The study shall include study of the anticipated operation of WC-130J aircraft in weather reconnaissance missions configured to carry five crewmembers, including a navigator. In carrying out the study, the Secretary shall provide for participation by members of the Armed Forces currently assigned to units engaged in weather reconnaissance operations. (b) REPORT.— The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study. The Secretary shall include in the report the views of members of the Armed Forces currently assigned to units engaged in weather reconnaissance operations who participated in the study. If as a result of the study the Secretary determines that there are crewmembers assigned to weather reconnaissance duties in excess of the crew requirements that will be applicable for WC-130J aircraft, the Secretary shall include in the report a plan for retraining or reassignment of those crewmembers. The study shall be submitted not later than September 30, 1998. SEC. 599. IMPROVEMENT OF MISSING PERSONS AUTHORITIES APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. (a) APPLICABILITY TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEES. — (1) Section 1501 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) by striking out subsection (c) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(c) COVERED PERSONS.— (1) Section 1502 of this title applies in the case of any member of the armed forces on active duty— "(A) who becomes involuntarily absent as a result of a hostile action or under circumstances suggesting that the involuntary absence is a result of a hostile action; and "(B) whose status is undetermined or who is unaccounted for.
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