10 U.S.C. § 2031
Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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- 10 U.S.C. § 2031, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/433652
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No unit may be established or maintained at an institution unless—
the number of physically fit students in such unit who are in a grade above the 7th grade and physically co-located with the 9th grade participating unit and are citizens or nationals of the United States, or aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, is—
in the case of an educational institution with fewer than 1,000 enrolled students, the lesser of—
in the case of an educational institution with 1,000 or more enrolled students—
The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe in regulations a memorandum of understanding to be signed by the Secretary of the military department concerned and each institution operating a unit under this section. The memorandum shall be standardized to the extent practicable and include the following elements:
A requirement that each institution certifies it—
The Secretary of the military department concerned shall, to support the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program—
Instead of, or in addition to, detailing officers and noncommissioned officers on active duty under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of the military department concerned may authorize qualified institutions to employ, as administrators and instructors in the program—
Employment under this subsection shall be subject to the following conditions:
The Secretary concerned may pay to the institution more than one-half of the amount paid to the member by the institution if (as determined by the Secretary)—
No unit may be established or maintained at an educational institution that is owned, operated, or controlled by a person that—
The requirement under paragraph (1) shall not apply—
Each report required under paragraph (1) shall set forth the following:
The number of reported allegations of violations under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) in school-affiliated Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs, including—
The number of reports that the Department of Defense or armed forces have received during the reporting period involving allegations of acts of violence, including sexual abuse or harassment, by instructors against students in Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps programs, including—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend section 2031(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, to remove the requirement that a junior reserve officer training corps unit at any institution must have a minimum number of physically fit male students.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1977House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code to allow nationals, as well as citizens, of the United States to participate in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Defense Technical Corrections Act of 1987House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993House: 304–100Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
- John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007House: 398–23Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
- Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025House: 281–140Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally