Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 3.djvu/172

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114 STAT. 1654A-130 PUBLIC LAW 106-398 —APPENDIX (F) Any other activities associated with motor sports competition that the Secretary determines appropriate for Army recruitment purposes. (c) OUTREACH AT VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COL- LEGES.— (1) One of the pilot programs shall be a pilot program under which Army recruiters are assigned, as their primary responsibility, at postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges for the purpose of recruiting students graduating from those institutions and colleges, recent graduates of those institutions and colleges, and students withdrawing from enrollments in those institutions and colleges. (2) The Secretary of the Army shall select the institutions and colleges to be invited to participate in the pilot program. (3) The conduct of the pilot program at an institution or college shall be subject to an agreement which the Secretary shall enter into with the governing body or authorized official of the institution or college, as the case may be. (4) Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide for the following: (A) For Army recruiters to be placed in postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges to serve as a resource for guidance counselors and to recruit for the Army. (B) For Army recruiters to recruit from among students and graduates described in paragraph (1). (C) For the use of telemarketing, direct mail, interactive voice response systems, and Internet website capabilities to assist the recruiters in the postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges. (D) For any other activities that the Secretary determines appropriate for recruitment activities in postsecondary vocational institutions and community colleges. (5) In this subsection, the term "postsecondary vocational institution" has the meaning given the term in section 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(c)). (d) CONTRACT RECRUITING INITIATIVES. — (1) One of the pilot programs shall be a program that expands in accordance with this subsection the scope of the Army's contract recruiting initiatives that are ongoing as of the date of the enactment of this Act. Under the pilot program, the Secretary of the Army shall select at least 10 recruiting companies to apply the initiatives in efforts to recruit personnel for the Army. (2) Under the pilot program, the Secretary shall provide for the following: (A) For replacement of the Regular Army recruiters by contract recruiters in the 10 recruiting companies selected under paragraph (1). (B) For operation of the 10 companies under the same rules and chain of command as the other Army recruiting companies. (C) For use of the offices, facilities, and equipment of the 10 companies by the contract recruiters. (D) For reversion to performance of the recruiting activities by Regular Army soldiers in the 10 companies upon termination of the pilot program. (E) For any other uses of contractor personnel for Army recruiting activities that the Secretary determines appropriate.