The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the present exclusion of females from the minimum number of 100 students necessary to maintain a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps unit. Current law requires that only male students be counted. This bill would permit females to be counted, a change wholly consistent with military services policy of full and equal opportunity in the Armed Forces. It is viewed as a logical extension of the college Reserve Officer Training Corps program, already accepting the enrollment of women. The committee on Armed Services, on October 2, 1973, a quorum being present, recommended enactment of H.R. 8187 without an amendment. No increased cost will result from enactment of this bill. The Department of the Navy, in behalf of the Department of Defense, strongly recommends enactment of this legislation. (Author/MW)