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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4273

To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a temporary program

to permit professional schools of the Army Training and Doctrine Command to admit civilians as students on a cost-reimbursable, space-available basis.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 20, 1994

Mr. FARR of California (for himself, Mr. HALL of Ohio, and Mr. HOBSON)

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on

Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a temporary program to permit professional schools of the

Army Training and Doctrine Command to admit civilians

as students on a cost-reimbursable, space-available basis.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TRADOC SCHOOLS CIVILIAN ENROLLMENT INI4 TIATIVE.

5 (a) ADMISSION OF CIVILIANS AS STUDENTS.—Chap6 ter 407 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by

7 adding at the end the following new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 4416. TRADOC schools: admission of civilians

2 ‘‘(a) ADMISSION OF CIVILIANS AS STUDENTS.—(1)

3 The head of a TRADOC school may enter into an agree4 ment with an accredited institution of higher education (or

5 a consortium of such institutions) under which students

6 enrolled at an institution of higher education that is a

7 party to the agreement may receive instruction at the

8 TRADOC school on a cost-reimbursable, space-available

9 basis.

10 ‘‘(2) The head of a TRADOC school may also permit

11 other persons who would benefit from the instruction pro12 vided at the school, as determined by the head of the

13 TRADOC school involved, to receive instruction at the

14 school on a cost-reimbursable, space-available basis.

15 ‘‘(b) SELECTION AND ATTENDANCE.—(1) The head

16 of the TRADOC school involved, with the approval of the

17 Secretary of the Army, shall select the persons who will

18 be permitted to receive instruction at the school pursuant

19 to subsection (a). In the case of agreements under sub20 section (a)(1), the head of the TRADOC school involved

21 shall consult with the other parties to the agreements to

22 establish qualifications and methods of selection for per23 sons to receive instruction at the school.

24 ‘‘(2) Except as the head of the TRADOC school in25 volved determines necessary, a person who receives in26 struction at the school pursuant to subsection (a) shall
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1 be subject to the same regulations governing attendance,

2 discipline, discharge, and dismissal as apply to other per3 sons attending the school.

4 ‘‘(c) RETENTION OF FUNDS COLLECTED.—Amounts

5 collected under subsection (a) to reimburse a TRADOC

6 school for the costs of providing instruction to students

7 under subsection (a) shall be credited as an addition to

8 the appropriation supporting the compensation of instruc9 tors at the school.

10 ‘‘(d) TRADOC SCHOOL DEFINED.—In this section,

11 the term ‘TRADOC school’ means any one of the following

12 professional schools of the Army Training and Doctrine

13 Command:

14 ‘‘(1) The United States Army Logistics Man15 agement College.

16 ‘‘(2) The Foreign Language Center of the De17 fense Language Institute.

18 ‘‘(3) The United States Army Engineer School.

19 ‘‘(4) The United States Army Quartermaster

20 School.

21 ‘‘(5) The United States Army Signal Center

22 and School.

23 ‘‘(6) The United States Army Ordnance Center

24 and School.
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1 ‘‘(e) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—No student may

2 be admitted to a TRADOC school under subsection (a)

3 to commence classes beginning after September 30,

4 1997.’’.

5 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

6 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding

7 at the end the following new item:

‘‘4416. TRADOC schools: admission of civilians.’’.

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