PUBLIC LAW 97-252—SEPT. 8, 1982 with respect to whom such information is obtained and compiled for a limited period of time. (b)(1) Section 503 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) by inserting "(a)" before "The Secretary"; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b)(1) The Secretary of Defense may collect and compile directory information pertaining to each student who is 17 years of age or older or in the eleventh grade (or its equivalent) or higher and who is enrolled in a secondary school in the United States or its territories, possessions, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "(2) The Secretary may make directory information collected and compiled under this subsection available to the armed forces for military recruiting purposes. Such information may not be disclosed for any other purpose. "(3) Directory information pertaining to any person may not be maintained for more than 3 years after the date the information pertaining to such person is first collected and compiled under this subsection. "(4) Directory information collected and compiled under this subsection shall be confidential, and a person who has had access to such information may not disclose such information except for the purposes described in paragraph (2). "(5) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. Regulations prescribed under this subsection shall be submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives. Regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned to carry out this subsection shall be as uniform as practicable. "(6) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring, or authorizing the Secretary of Defense to require, that any educational institution furnish directory information to the Secretary. "(7) In this subsection, 'directory information' means, with respect to a student, the student's name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth, level of education, degrees received, and the most recent previous educational agency or institution attended by the student.". (2) The heading for such section is amended to read as follows:
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"Directory information."
"§ 503. Enlistments: recruiting campaigns; compilation of directory information". (3) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 31 of such title is amended to read as follows: "503. Enlistments: recruiting campaigns; compilation of directory information.".
(c)(1) Chapter 31 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "§ 520a. Criminal history information for military recruiting purposes "(a) Each State and each unit of general local government of a State is requested to make available, upon request, to the Secretary concerned any criminal history information maintained by or available to such State or unit of general local government which pertains to any person who, within 90 days before the date on which such information was requested (1) has applied for enlistment in the armed forces, or (2) has applied, in connection with such person's application for enlistment, for participation in a program of
10 USC 520a.
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