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This bill aims to address the military's challenging recruitment environment by enhancing access to potential military recruits and promoting military service opportunities. The bill introduces several key provisions: first, it improves military recruiters' access to high schools, allowing more frequent and meaningful interactions with students, including monthly visits and access to various school activities. It expands the types of student information available to recruiters, such as academic grades and gender. The bill also establishes two types of Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) affiliations - host units and cross-town units - to increase program accessibility for students. Additionally, the legislation creates a two-year pilot program to recognize "HERO schools" (Honoring Excellence and Recruitment Opportunities) that have military enlistment rates above their state average, and provides priority consideration for graduates of these schools when applying to military service academies. The bill also designates the first week of April as the National Week of Military Recruitment, with the goal of raising awareness about military service opportunities. These measures are designed to address the current recruitment challenges, including a shrinking pool of eligible candidates and declining youth interest in military service, by providing more exposure, information, and incentives for young people to consider military careers.

Military Affairs and Security, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3107/all-info