119th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend section 2004 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the maximum number of years on active duty an enlisted member may serve and be eligible for detail as a student at a law school with funding provided by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
December 11, 2025
Ms. Elfreth (for herself and Mr. McCormick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
To amend section 2004 of title 10, United States Code, to increase the maximum number of years on active duty an enlisted member may serve and be eligible for detail as a student at a law school with funding provided by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Improving the Enlisted to Officer Judge Advocate Program Act”.
SEC. 2. Modification to maximum years of service for eligibility detail as a student at a law school.
(a) Modification.—Section 2004(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “detailed pursuant to subsection (a)(1)” and inserting “with respect to whom the Secretary of a military department is providing funding for educational expenses in accordance with subsection (a)(2)”; and
(B) in clause (ii), by striking “eight years” and inserting “10 years”; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “detailed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)” and inserting “with respect to whom the Secretary of a military department is not providing funding for educational expenses in accordance with subsection (a)(3)”.
(b) Technical amendment.—Section 2004(b)(3)(C) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking “subsection (a)(1)” and inserting “subsection (a)(2)”; and
(2) in clause (ii), by striking “subsection (a)(2)” and inserting “subsection (a)(3)”.