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ENLIST Act

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require certain secondary schools to display information regarding military recruiting.

Introduced Apr 9, 2025

Latest action (Apr 9, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security

Summary

This bill would amend federal military law to require certain secondary schools to display and make accessible information regarding military recruiting to students during school hours. The requirement would apply to schools under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense. The measure seeks to ensure students have access to information about military service opportunities.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
11 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
  2. Apr 9, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 9, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 9, 2025

Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia (for herself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to require certain secondary schools to display information regarding military recruiting.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Engaging Next-generation Leaders in Information about Service and Training Act” or the “ENLIST Act”.

SEC. 2. DISPLAY AT CERTAIN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF INFORMATION REGARDING MILITARY RECRUITING.

Section 503(c)(1)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(iv) shall display and make accessible to students, during school hours, information regarding military recruiting.”. <all>

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