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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2102 

To establish the United States Public Service Academy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 27, 2009 

Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. SIRES, 

Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. PERRIELLO, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. 

MCCOLLUM, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. 

DELAURO, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. HONDA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. MASSA, Mr. 

RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. HIGGINS, 

Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. NADLER of New York, Mr. TONKO, Mr. LYNCH, and 

Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To establish the United States Public Service Academy. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘United States Public 

5 Service Academy Act of 2009’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 


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1 (1) In the 21st century, the most pressing chal2 lenges that the United States faces will take place 

3 in the public sector, including educating young peo4 ple, taking care of the elderly, protecting the envi5 ronment, and battling terrorists. National disasters 

6 such as September 11, 2001, Hurricane Katrina, 

7 and the economic crisis have highlighted the impor8 tance of public service and underscored how much 

9 our Nation depends upon strong public institutions 

10 and competent civilian leadership at all levels of soci11 ety. 

12 (2) Young Americans, particularly after the 

13 September 11, 2001, attacks, have a strong ethic of 

14 public service. According to the Higher Education 

15 Research Institute, more than two-thirds of the 

16 2007 freshman class at institutions of higher edu17 cation in the United States expressed a desire to 

18 serve others, the highest rate in a generation. Appli19 cations to private programs such as Teach for Amer20 ica and City Year, publicly funded public service 

21 programs within USA Freedom Corps, and religious 

22 mission trips have increased dramatically since 

23 2001. Yet with the increase in college tuition caus24 ing the average college graduate with loans to owe 

25 about $20,000, many students often can afford to 


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1 pursue public service only for short periods of time 

2 and avoid public service careers in favor of more lu3 crative fields. 

4 (3) The aging of the population of the United 

5 States and the subsequent retirement of the Baby 

6 Boomer generation will create serious shortages in 

7 critically needed public service positions at all levels 

8 of our society, as evidenced by the following: 

9 (A) According to the Council for Excel10 lence in Government, 60 percent of the current 

11 Federal Government’s General Schedule work12 force and 90 percent of the Senior Executive 

13 Service will be eligible for retirement in less 

14 than 10 years. 

15 (B) There are more Federal workers in 

16 their 60s than in their 20s, and the Partnership 

17 for Public Service warns of a ‘‘[Federal] brain 

18 drain’’ as these older workers leave public serv19 ice. 

20 (C) In the aftermath of Hurricane 

21 Katrina, personnel shortages were ‘‘perhaps 

22 [the] most difficult challenge’’ for the Federal 

23 Emergency Management Agency, according to a 

24 Congressional report on the Federal Govern25 ment’s response to the disaster. 


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1 (4) There is a large pool of untapped potential 

2 among young women who want to serve our country. 

3 Although the military service academies are only 15 

4 percent female, women constitute a majority (57 

5 percent) of college students nationwide. In service 

6 organizations, women are an even larger majority: 

7 58 percent of Peace Corps, 61 percent of City Year, 

8 and 71 percent of Teach for America participants 

9 are women. 

10 (5) American college students lack adequate 

11 preparation in fields crucial to public service, includ12 ing international education and civic education, as 

13 evidenced by the following: 

14 (A) According to the bipartisan Commis15 sion on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad 

16 Fellowship Program established under section 

17 104 of division H of the Consolidated Appro18 priations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 

19 Stat. 435), students of the United States often 

20 graduate from college without knowing a for21 eign language or having any experience abroad. 

22 In the past 3 decades, the percentage of under23 graduate students of the United States study24 ing a foreign language has dropped from 16 

25 percent to 8.7 percent, and approximately 1 


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1 percent of such students participate in a study 

2 abroad program. 

3 (B) Young adults of the United States 

4 scored next to last in a recent National Geo5 graphic/Roper survey of geographic knowledge. 

6 (C) A University of Connecticut survey of 

7 14,000 undergraduate students found a wide8 spread lack of civic literacy, with seniors barely 

9 outscoring freshmen on a test of basic multiple 

10 choice questions about the history, foreign pol11 icy, economics, and government of the United 

12 States. 

13 (6) The United States does not have a national 

14 undergraduate institution to promote public service 

15 and develop well-trained, highly qualified civilian 

16 leaders. 

17 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

18 The purpose of this Act is to establish a United 

19 States Public Service Academy that will— 

20 (1) strengthen and protect the United States by 

21 providing an annual influx of career-motivated pub22 lic servants and future leaders into the Nation’s 

23 public institutions; 

24 (2) be the first national civilian institution of 

25 higher education in the United States; and 


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1 (3) provide competitive, federally subsidized, 

2 public service-focused undergraduate education to 

3 students from the United States and the world. 

4 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) PUBLIC SERVICE.—The term ‘‘public serv7 ice’’ means employment with, or work for, a public 

8 institution that is funded primarily by the Federal 

9 Government, or by a State or local government. 

10 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

11 the several States of the United States and the Dis12 trict of Columbia. 

13 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT. 

14 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established, in the 

15 Department of State, a United States Public Service 

16 Academy (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Academy’’) for 

17 the instruction in and preparation for public service of se18 lected individuals, who shall be called Academy students. 

19 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The President shall prescribe 

20 the organization of the Academy, in accordance with the 

21 requirements of this section. 

22 (c) KEY POSITIONS.—There shall be at the Academy 

23 the following: 

24 (1) A Superintendent. 


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1 (2) A Dean of Academic Affairs, who is a per2 manent professor. 

3 (3) A Dean of Admissions. 

4 (4) A Dean of Enrollment. 

5 (5) A Dean of Placement. 

6 (d) SUPERINTENDENT.— 

7 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The President shall, by 

8 and with the advice and consent of the Senate, ap9 point the Superintendent of the Academy, who shall 

10 serve for a 6-year term. A Superintendent may be 

11 reappointed at the discretion of the President. 

12 (2) DUTIES.—The Superintendent shall be re13 sponsible for the day-to-day operation of the Acad14 emy and the welfare of the students and staff of the 

15 Academy. 

16 (e) DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS.— 

17 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Superintendent shall 

18 appoint the Dean of Academic Affairs as an addi19 tional permanent professor from the permanent pro20 fessors who have served as heads of departments of 

21 instruction at the Academy, except that for the first 

22 year of the Academy the Superintendent shall ap23 point the Dean of Academic Affairs from qualified 

24 applicants. 


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1 (2) DUTIES.—The Dean of Academic Affairs 

2 shall perform such duties as the Superintendent may 

3 prescribe, with the approval of the Board of Visitors. 

4 (f) DEAN OF ADMISSIONS.—The Dean of Admissions 

5 shall have the sole discretion to make a final decision re6 garding the admission of any student to the Academy. 

7 SEC. 6. FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTS. 

8 (a) NUMBER OF FACULTY.—The Superintendent of 

9 the Academy may employ as many professors, instructors, 

10 and lecturers at the Academy as the Superintendent con11 siders necessary to achieve academic excellence. 

12 (b) FACULTY COMPENSATION.—The Superintendent 

13 may prescribe the compensation of persons employed 

14 under this section. Compensation and benefits for faculty 

15 members of the Academy shall be sufficiently competitive 

16 to achieve academic excellence, as determined by the Su17 perintendent. 

18 (c) FACULTY EXPECTATIONS.—Faculty members 

19 shall— 

20 (1) possess academic expertise and teaching 

21 prowess; 

22 (2) exemplify high standards of conduct and 

23 performance; 

24 (3) be expected to participate in the full spec25 trum of Academy programs, including providing 


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1 leadership for the curricular and extracurricular ac2 tivities of students; 

3 (4) comply with the standards of conduct and 

4 performance established by the Superintendent; and 

5 (5) participate actively in the development of 

6 the students through the enforcement of standards 

7 of behavior and conduct, to be established in the 

8 Academy’s rules and regulations. 

9 (d) DEPARTMENT TITLES.—The Superintendent 

10 may prescribe the titles of each of the departments of in11 struction and the professors of the Academy. 

12 SEC. 7. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND NOMINATION. 

13 (a) ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.—The Dean of Ad14 missions of the Academy shall select students to attend 

15 the Academy. To be eligible for selection by the Dean of 

16 Admissions to attend the Academy, a student shall fulfill 

17 the following requirements: 

18 (1) Secure a letter of nomination to attend the 

19 Academy, as follows: 

20 (A) A student from the United States shall 

21 secure a letter of nomination from a member of 

22 Congress or the President in accordance with 

23 subsection (b). 

24 (B) An international student shall secure a 

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1 ment in the home country of the student in ac2 cordance with such subsection. 

3 (2) Earn a secondary school diploma. 

4 (3) Take the SAT or ACT or an equivalent col5 lege-level aptitude test. 

6 (4) Sit for a personal interview with a rep7 resentative of the Academy. 

8 (5) Any further admissions requirements, as de9 termined by the Dean of Admissions. 

10 (b) NOMINATION PROCESS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Prospective applicants to the 

12 Academy shall follow a nomination process estab13 lished by the Dean of Admissions of the Academy 

14 that is similar to the process used for admission to 

15 the military academies of the United States Armed 

16 Forces. 

17 (2) NOMINATIONS REQUIRED.—Nominations to 

18 the Academy shall be made as follows: 

19 (A) CONGRESS.—Each member of the Sen20 ate and the House of Representatives shall 

21 nominate a minimum of 5 candidates from the 

22 State that the member represents to compete 

23 for the State-specific and at-large congressional 

24 seats for each incoming first-year class of the 

25 Academy. 


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1 (B) PRESIDENT.—The President shall 

2 nominate a minimum of 100 candidates to com3 pete for the executive branch seats for each in4 coming first-year class of the Academy. 

5 (C) INTERNATIONAL.—The head of gov6 ernment in a foreign country may, as such head 

7 of government determines to be appropriate, 

8 nominate candidates from such country to com9 pete for the international student seats for each 

10 incoming first-year class of the Academy. 

11 (3) QUALIFICATIONS FOR NOMINATION.—To be 

12 eligible to be considered for nomination to the Acad13 emy, a student shall— 

14 (A) be 17 years of age or older; 

15 (B) be unmarried; and 

16 (C) have no dependents, as defined in sec17 tion 152(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

18 1986. 

19 (c) ALLOCATION OF STUDENT SEATS.—From the 

20 total number of seats in each incoming first-year class of 

21 the Academy, the Dean of Admissions shall reserve seats 

22 as follows: 

23 (1) CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.—Not less than 85 

24 percent of such total for students receiving a con25 gressional nomination under subsection (b)(2)(A), 


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1 with 75 percent of such total reserved for State-spe2 cific seats, and 10 percent of such total reserved for 

3 at-large seats, in accordance with this paragraph. 

4 (A) STATE-SPECIFIC CONGRESSIONAL

5 NOMINEE SEATS.—In selecting students for 

6 State-specific seats reserved under this para7 graph, the Dean of Admissions shall— 

8 (i) proportionally allocate such seats 

9 among the States based on the number of 

10 electoral votes of each State; and 

11 (ii) for each seat allocated to a State 

12 under clause (i), select one student can13 didate who has been nominated by a mem14 ber of Congress from the State under sub15 section (b)(2)(A) to attend the Academy. 

16 (B) AT-LARGE CONGRESSIONAL NOMINEE

17 SEATS.—In selecting students for at-large seats 

18 reserved under this paragraph, the Dean of Ad19 missions shall select student candidates to at20 tend the Academy from the pool of students 

21 who— 

22 (i) receive a congressional nomination 

23 under subsection (b)(2)(A); and 


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1 (ii) are not selected for a State-spe2 cific congressional nominee seat under sub3 paragraph (A). 

4 (2) EXECUTIVE BRANCH NOMINEE SEATS.—Not 

5 less than 5 percent of such total for students receiv6 ing an executive branch nomination under subsection 

7 (b)(2)(B). 

8 (3) INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SEATS.—Not 

9 less than 5 percent of such total for international 

10 students receiving a nomination from the head of 

11 government of the home country of the student 

12 under subsection (b)(2)(C). 

13 (d) HONOR CODE.—Each student admitted to the 

14 Academy shall sign an Honor Code developed by the Su15 perintendent of the Academy and approved by the Board 

16 of Visitors. A violation of the honor code may constitute 

17 a basis for dismissal from the Academy. 

18 SEC. 8. ACADEMIC FOCUS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC 

19 SERVICE ACADEMY. 

20 (a) CURRICULUM; LEADERSHIP.— 

21 (1) CURRICULUM.—Each Academy student 

22 shall follow a structured curriculum that is self-rein23 forcing to emphasize leadership development (in ac24 cordance with paragraph (2)) and public service. 


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1 (2) LEADERSHIP.—The purposes of the leader2 ship development system are to motivate Academy 

3 students to seek leadership responsibilities upon 

4 graduation and enable Academy students to think 

5 clearly, decide wisely, and act decisively under pres6 sure and in a variety of leadership situations. Direct 

7 support to leadership development shall be provided 

8 by concurrent and relevant coursework to create an 

9 interplay between learning the science of leadership 

10 in the classroom, while learning the art of leadership 

11 outside the classroom. 

12 (b) DEGREE.— 

13 (1) DEGREE CONFERRED UPON GRADUATION.— 

14 Under such conditions as the Board of Visitors may 

15 prescribe, the Superintendent of the Academy may 

16 confer a baccalaureate of science or baccalaureate of 

17 arts degree upon a graduate of the Academy. 

18 (2) MAJORS.—Each Academy student shall 

19 pursue a program of study for a baccalaureate of 

20 arts or a baccalaureate of sciences degree in tradi21 tional liberal arts subjects. 

22 (c) BREADTH OF REQUIRED SUBJECT AREAS STUD23 IED.—Each Academy student shall take courses in a 

24 broad array of subject areas as part of the student’s pro25 gram of study. 


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1 (d) PUBLIC SERVICE CONCENTRATION.—Not later 

2 than the completion of the fourth semester, each Academy 

3 student shall choose a public service concentration, which 

4 shall be the field in which the student ultimately will serve 

5 upon graduation. 

6 (e) PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE

7 GRADUATION.—Each Academy student shall participate 

8 in regular programming related to public service, as deter9 mined by the Dean of Academic Affairs. 

10 (f) OFF-CAMPUS LEARNING PROGRAM REQUIRE11 MENTS.—For each year of attendance at the Academy, 

12 each Academy student shall spend at least 8 weeks partici13 pating in a structured off-campus learning program estab14 lished by the Superintendent of the Academy and the 

15 Dean of Academic Affairs. 

16 SEC. 9. PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING 

17 GRADUATION. 

18 (a) PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT.—Each Academy 

19 student from the United States shall sign an agreement 

20 with respect to the student’s length of public service to 

21 the United States. The agreement shall provide that the 

22 student agrees to the following: 

23 (1) The student will complete the course of in24 struction at the Academy, culminating in graduation 

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1 (2) Upon graduation from the Academy, the 

2 student— 

3 (A) will accept a public service assignment 

4 under subsection (g), if tendered, at the as5 signed location; and 

6 (B) will serve in the public service assign7 ment for not less than the 5 years immediately 

8 following the first day of the assignment, unless 

9 a student chooses to pursue graduate education 

10 in accordance with subsection (h). 

11 (b) INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AGREEMENT.—Each 

12 international Academy student who was selected for the 

13 Academy under section 7(c)(3) shall sign an agreement 

14 with the student’s home country regarding employment in 

15 the national or local government of the country that meets 

16 the same conditions set forth in subsection (a). 

17 (c) FAILURE TO GRADUATE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—An Academy student who 

19 has completed a minimum of 4 semesters at the 

20 Academy but fails to fulfill the Academy’s require21 ments for graduation within 4 years shall be— 

22 (A) dishonorably discharged from the 

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1 (B) obligated to repay the Academy for the 

2 cost of the delinquent student’s education in the 

3 amount described in paragraph (2). 

4 (2) AMOUNT OF REPAYMENT.—The delinquent 

5 student shall be financially responsible for the costs 

6 relating to each semester that the student was offi7 cially enrolled in the Academy. 

8 (d) FAILURE TO ACCEPT OR COMPLETE ASSIGNED

9 PUBLIC SERVICE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—A delinquent graduate shall 

11 be— 

12 (A) dishonorably discharged from the 

13 Academy; and 

14 (B) obligated to repay the Academy for the 

15 cost of the delinquent graduate’s education in 

16 the amount described in paragraph (2). 

17 (2) AMOUNT OF REPAYMENT.—In the case of a 

18 delinquent graduate who fails to complete all years 

19 of public service required under subsection (a)(2) 

20 (including any additional years required for graduate 

21 education under subsection (h)), the delinquent 

22 graduate shall be financially responsible for the cost 

23 of the delinquent graduate’s education (including the 

24 costs of any graduate education), except that the 

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1 graph shall be reduced by 10 percent for each year 

2 of public service under subsection (a)(2) that the de3 linquent graduate did complete. 

4 (3) DEFINITION OF DELINQUENT GRADUATE.— 

5 In this subsection, the term ‘‘delinquent graduate’’ 

6 means a graduate of the Academy who violates the 

7 agreement entered into under subsection (a) by— 

8 (A) not accepting the graduate’s public 

9 service assignment upon graduation from the 

10 Academy; or 

11 (B) not completing the required years of 

12 public service in the assignment due to— 

13 (i) voluntarily quitting the assign14 ment; or 

15 (ii) being fired from the assignment. 

16 (e) EXCEPTIONS.—The Superintendent may provide 

17 for the partial or total waiver or suspension of any public 

18 service or payment obligation by an individual under this 

19 section whenever compliance by the individual with the ob20 ligation is impossible or deemed to involve extreme hard21 ship to the individual, or if enforcement of such obligation 

22 with respect to the individual would be unconscionable. 

23 (f) STUDENT SALARIES AND BENEFITS.—The Acad24 emy shall not be responsible for the salaries and benefits 

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1 filling the public service assignment under this section. All 

2 salaries and benefits shall be paid by the employer with 

3 whom the Academy graduate is placed. 

4 (g) DETERMINING STUDENT PUBLIC SERVICE AS5 SIGNMENTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Superintendent, acting 

7 through the Academy Office of Placement, shall 

8 place each graduating student in a public service as9 signment, which shall consist of— 

10 (A) civil service employment at the Fed11 eral, State, or local level; or 

12 (B) civilian service in the United States 

13 Armed Forces. 

14 (2) FACTORS.—In making an assignment under 

15 paragraph (1), the Academy Office of Placement 

16 shall assess the following factors: 

17 (A) National needs. 

18 (B) The student’s experience. 

19 (C) The student’s academic performance. 

20 (3) REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF STUDENT AS21 SIGNMENTS.—The Superintendent of the Academy 

22 shall review and approve each Academy graduating 

23 student’s public service assignment. 


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1 (h) GRADUATE EDUCATION.—An Academy student 

2 and the Superintendent may modify the agreement under 

3 subsection (a) to provide that— 

4 (1) the Academy shall— 

5 (A) subsidize an Academy student’s grad6 uate education at an accredited public institu7 tion of higher education; and 

8 (B) postpone the final 3 years of the public 

9 service assignment required under subsection 

10 (a)(2) for a period of not more than 5 years. 

11 All students must complete an initial 2-year 

12 public service placement before seeking grad13 uate education; and 

14 (2) the student shall— 

15 (A) accept a public service assignment 

16 under subsection (g) upon the student’s comple17 tion of the graduate program; and 

18 (B) add 2 additional years to the student’s 

19 public service commitment required under the 

20 agreement described in subsection (a) for every 

21 1 year of subsidized graduate education. 

22 SEC. 10. REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT. 

23 (a) BOARD OF VISITORS.— 

24 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be estab25 lished a Board of Visitors for the Academy (referred 


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1 to in this Act as the ‘‘Board of Visitors’’) to oversee 

2 the Academy and to inquire into the efficiency and 

3 effectiveness of the operations of the Academy. 

4 (2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board of Visitors shall 

5 consist of not more than 15 members, including the 

6 Secretary of State. Of the remaining members of the 

7 Board of Visitors, 6 members shall be appointed by 

8 the President, with the advice and consent of the 

9 Senate; 4 members shall be appointed by the Speak10 er of the House, with the advice and consent of the 

11 House of Representatives, and 4 members shall be 

12 appointed by the House minority leader, with the 

13 advice and consent of the House of Representatives. 

14 (3) VISITS; REPORTS.— 

15 (A) ANNUAL VISITS.—In order to ensure 

16 the efficiency and effectiveness of the Academy, 

17 the Board of Visitors shall annually visit the 

18 Academy. 

19 (B) ADDITIONAL VISITS.—The Board, or a 

20 member of the Board, may visit the Academy in 

21 addition to the annual visit described in sub22 paragraph (A) with the approval of the Super23 intendent of the Academy. 

24 (C) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not later than 60 

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1 graph (A), the Board of Visitors shall prepare 

2 and submit an annual report regarding the op3 erations of the Academy to the President and 

4 Congress. 

5 (b) SUPERINTENDENT.—Not later than November 30 

6 of each year, using data available as of September 30 of 

7 such year, the Superintendent shall provide to the Presi8 dent and Congress a report assessing the progress of, and 

9 changes at, the Academy in the following areas: 

10 (1) Recruitment and admissions. 

11 (2) Faculty compensation. 

12 (3) Curriculum. 

13 (4) Resources and facilities. 

14 (5) Attrition and graduation. 

15 (6) Public service placement. 

16 SEC. 11. LOCATION OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERV17 ICE ACADEMY CAMPUS. 

18 (a) ADVISORY COMMISSION.—The President shall de19 termine the location of the Academy within the United 

20 States in the following manner: 

21 (1) The President shall establish, within 90 

22 days of the date of enactment of this Act, a commis23 sion, and appoint five members thereof, to advise the 

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1 shall make its report to the President as soon as 

2 practicable. 

3 (2) The President shall accept a unanimous de4 cision for a permanent location by such commission. 

5 In the event such recommendation is not unanimous, 

6 the commission, by a majority vote, shall submit to 

7 the President 3 sites from which the President shall 

8 select one as the permanent location for the Acad9 emy. 

10 (b) AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE LAND AND CONSTRUCT

11 ACADEMY.—Following the selection of a location for the 

12 Academy, the President is authorized— 

13 (1) to acquire land from other Government 

14 agencies without reimbursement, with the consent of 

15 such agencies; 

16 (2) to acquire lands and rights pertaining 

17 thereto, or other interests therein, including the tem18 porary use thereof, by donation, purchase, exchange 

19 of Government owned lands, or otherwise; 

20 (3) to prepare plans, specifications, and de21 signs, to make surveys, and to do all other pre22 paratory work, by contract or otherwise, as he deems 

23 necessary or advisable in connection with the con24 struction, equipping, and organization of the Acad25 emy at such location; and 


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1 (4) to construct and equip temporary or perma2 nent public works, including buildings, facilities, ap3 purtenances, and utilities, at such location. 

4 (c) TEMPORARY FACILITIES.—For the purpose of 

5 providing temporary facilities and enabling early operation 

6 of the Academy, the President is authorized to provide for 

7 the erection of the minimum additional number of tem8 porary buildings and the modification of existing struc9 tures and facilities at an existing Government site and to 

10 provide for the proper functioning, equipping, maintain11 ing, and repairing thereof. 

12 SEC. 12. FUNDING THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERVICE 

13 ACADEMY. 

14 (a) FULLY SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of 

16 appropriations and except as provided in paragraph 

17 (2), each Academy student’s education at the Acad18 emy shall be fully subsidized by the Academy, and 

19 the Academy shall be responsible for paying in full 

20 each student’s cost of attendance, including tuition, 

21 fees, room and board, and other expenses at the 

22 Academy. 

23 (2) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.—Notwith24 standing paragraph (1), for each international stu25 dent selected to attend the Academy, the student’s 


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1 home country shall be responsible for paying in full 

2 the student’s cost of attendance, including tuition, 

3 fees, room and board, and other expenses at the 

4 Academy. 

5 (b) INITIAL APPROPRIATIONS.—For each of the first 

6 2 fiscal years for which funds are appropriated under sec7 tion 14, the Superintendent of the Academy shall use such 

8 funds, and any matching private funds, to acquire land, 

9 construct facilities, recruit faculty and students, hire em10 ployees, and develop curricula in preparation for the open11 ing of the Academy. 

12 (c) SUBSEQUENT APPROPRIATIONS.—For each of the 

13 4 fiscal years subsequent to the second fiscal year de14 scribed in subsection (b) for which funds are appropriated 

15 under section 14, the Superintendent of the Academy shall 

16 use such funds, and any private funds, to fund the oper17 ations of the Academy as it expands, by one class each 

18 year, into a 4-year institution, including fully subsidizing 

19 the education expenses of students at the Academy in ac20 cordance with subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 13. USE OF CERTAIN GIFTS TO THE ACADEMY. 

22 (a) GIFTS NOT EXCEEDING $20,000.—Under regula23 tions prescribed by the President, the Superintendent of 

24 the Academy may accept, hold, administer, invest, and 

25 spend any gift, devise, or bequest of personal property of 


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1 a value of $20,000 or less made to the United States on 

2 the condition that such gift, devise, or bequest be used 

3 for the benefit of the Academy or any entity thereof. The 

4 Superintendent may pay or authorize the payment of all 

5 reasonable and necessary expenses in connection with the 

6 conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest under 

7 this section. 

8 (b) GIFTS EXCEEDING $20,000.—The Board of Visi9 tors may accept, hold, administer, invest, and spend any 

10 gift, devise, or bequest of personal property of a value of 

11 more than $20,000 made to the United States on the con12 dition that such gift, devise, or bequest be used for the 

13 benefit of the Academy or any entity thereof. The Board 

14 of Visitors may pay or authorize the payment of all rea15 sonable and necessary expenses in connection with the 

16 conveyance or transfer of a gift, devise, or bequest under 

17 this section. 

18 SEC. 14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

19 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

20 this Act $205,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and for each 

21 of the 5 succeeding fiscal years. Amounts authorized 

22 under this section shall remain available until expended. 

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