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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 375

To deny funds to programs that do not allow the Secretary of Defense

access to students on campuses or to certain student information for

recruiting purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mr. SOLOMON (for himself, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. WALKER, and Mr. TRAFICANT)

introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees

on Education and Labor and Armed Services

A BILL

To deny funds to programs that do not allow the Secretary

of Defense access to students on campuses or to certain

student information for recruiting purposes.

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

3 SECTION. 1. ACCESS TO STUDENT INFORMATION.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—

5 (1) DENIAL OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any

6 other provision of law, no funds shall be made avail7 able under any applicable program to any agency,

8 institution, organization, or other entity that has a

9 policy of denying, or which effectively prevents, the
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1 Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military re2 cruiting purposes—

3 (A) entry to campuses or access to stu4 dents on campuses; or

5 (B) access to directory information per6 taining to students unless an objection has been

7 raised under the provisions of paragraph (2).

8 (2) NOTIFICATION.—Any educational agency,

9 institution, organization, or other entity that re10 leases directory information—

11 (A) shall give public notice of the cat12 egories of such information to be released; and

13 (B) shall allow a reasonable period of time

14 after such notice has been given for a student

15 or a parent (in the case of an individual young16 er than 18 years of age) to inform the agency,

17 institution, organization, or other entity that

18 any or all of such information should not be re19 leased without obtaining prior consent from

20 such student or such parent, as the case may

21 be.

22 (3) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in

23 this subsection shall be construed to require stu24 dents to attend recruitment events.

25 (b) PROCEDURES FOR DETERMINATION.—
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1 (1) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense,

2 in consultation with the Secretary of Education,

3 shall issue regulations within 10 days after the date

4 of the enactment of this Act.

5 (2) PROCEDURES.—Such regulations shall con6 tain procedures for determining if and when an

7 agency, institution, organization, or other entity re8 ceiving funds under any applicable program has de9 nied or prevented access to students or information

10 described in subsection (a).

11 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall apply retro12 actively to the extent determined feasible by the Secretary

13 of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu14 cation.

15 (d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act:

16 (1) APPLICABLE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘appli17 cable program’’ has the meaning given such term

18 under section 400(c)(1)(A) of the General Education

19 Provisions Act.

20 (2) DIRECTORY INFORMATION.—The term ‘‘di21 rectory information’’ means, with respect to a stu22 dent, the student’s name, address, telephone listing,

23 date and place of birth, level of education, degrees

24 received, and the most recent previous applicable

25 program enrolled in by the student.
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1 (3) STUDENTS.—The term ‘‘students’’ means

2 individuals enrolled in any applicable program who

3 are 17 years of age or older.

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