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110 STAT. 3908 PUBLIC LAW 104-324—OCT. 19, 1996 "(C) if, on the date specified for the officer's discharge under this section, the officer has completed at least 20 years of active service or is eligible for retirement under any law, be retired on that date.". SEC. 206. RECRUITING. (a) CAMPUS RECRUITING. —Section 558 of the National Defense 10 USC 503 note. Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (108 Stat. 2776) is amended— (1) by inserting "or the Department of Transportation" in subsection (a)(1) after "the Department of Defense"; (2) by inserting "or the Secretary of Transportation" after "the Secretary of Defense" in subsection (a)(1); and (3) by inserting "and the Secretary of Transportation" after "the Secretary of Education" in subsection (b). (b) FUNDS FOR RECRUITING. —The text of section 468 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "The Coast Guard may expend operating expense funds for recruiting activities, including but not limited to advertising and entertainment, in order to— "(1) obtain recruits for the Service and cadet applicants; and "(2) gain support of recruiting objectives from those who may assist in the recruiting effort.". Reports. (c) RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN AND MINORITIES.— Not later than January 31, 1997, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate, on the status of and the problems in recruitment of women and minorities into the Coast Guard. The report shall contain specific plans to increase the recruitment of women and minorities and legislative recommendations needed to increase the recruitment of women and minorities. SEC. 207. ACCESS TO NATIONAL DRIVER REGISTER INFORMATION ON CERTAIN COAST GUARD PERSONNEL. (a) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 14. —Section 93 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking "and" after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (t); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (u) and inserting "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(v) require that any member of the Coast Guard or Coast Guard Reserve (including a cadet or an applicant for appointment or enlistment to any of the foregoing and any member of a uniformed service who is assigned to the Coast Guard) request that all information contained in the National Driver Register pertaining to the individual, as described in section 30304(a) of title 49, be made available to the Commandant under section 30305(a) of title 49, may receive that information, and upon receipt, shall make the information available to the individual.". (b) AMENDMENT TO TITLE 49.— Section 30305(b) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: