10 U.S.C. § 652 : US Code - Section 652: Notice to Congress of proposed changes in units, assignments, etc. to which female members may be assigned

Search 10 U.S.C. § 652 : US Code - Section 652: Notice to Congress of proposed changes in units, assignments, etc. to which female members may be assigned

(a) Rule for Ground Combat Personnel Policy. - (1) If the
Secretary of Defense proposes to make any change described in
paragraph (2)(A) or (2)(B) to the ground combat exclusion policy or
proposes to make a change described in paragraph (2)(C), the
Secretary shall, before any such change is implemented, submit to
Congress a report providing notice of the proposed change. Such a
change may then be implemented only after the end of a period of 30
days of continuous session of Congress (excluding any day on which
either House of Congress is not in session) following the date on
which the report is received.
(2) A change referred to in paragraph (1) is a change that -
(A) closes to female members of the armed forces any category
of unit or position that at that time is open to service by such
members;
(B) opens to service by female members of the armed forces any
category of unit or position that at that time is closed to
service by such members; or
(C) opens or closes to the assignment of female members of the
armed forces any military career designator as described in
paragraph (6).
(3) The Secretary shall include in any report under paragraph (1)
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(A) a detailed description of, and justification for, the
proposed change; and
(B) a detailed analysis of legal implication of the proposed
change with respect to the constitutionality of the application
of the Military Selective Service Act (50 App. U.S.C. 451 et
seq.) to males only.
(4) In this subsection, the term "ground combat exclusion policy"
means the military personnel policies of the Department of Defense
and the military departments, as in effect on October 1, 1994, by
which female members of the armed forces are restricted from
assignment to units and positions below brigade level whose primary
mission is to engage in direct combat on the ground.
(5) For purposes of this subsection, the continuity of a session
of Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine
die.
(6) For purposes of this subsection, a military career designator
is one that is related to military operations on the ground as of
May 18, 2005, and applies -
(A) for enlisted members and warrant officers, to military
occupational specialties, specialty codes, enlisted designators,
enlisted classification codes, additional skill identifiers, and
special qualification identifiers; and
(B) for officers (other than warrant officers), to officer
areas of concentration, occupational specialties, specialty
codes, designators, additional skill identifiers, and special
qualification identifiers.
(b) Other Personnel Policy Changes. - (1) Except in a case
covered by section 6035 of this title or by subsection (a),
whenever the Secretary of Defense proposes to make a change to
military personnel policies described in paragraph (2), the
Secretary shall, not less than 30 days before such change is
implemented, submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives notice, in writing, of the proposed change.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a proposed military personnel policy
change, other than a policy change covered by subsection (a), that
would make available to female members of the armed forces
assignment to any of the following that, as of the date of the
proposed change, is closed to such assignment:
(A) Any type of unit not covered by subsection (a).
(B) Any class of combat vessel.
(C) Any type of combat platform.