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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2880 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide degree granting authority 

for the United States Army Armament Graduate School, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2019 

Ms. SHERRILL (for herself and Mr. COOK) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide degree 

granting authority for the United States Army Armament Graduate School, and for other 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. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armament Graduate 

5 School Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEGREE GRANTING AUTHORITY FOR UNITED 

2 STATES ARMY ARMAMENT GRADUATE 

3 SCHOOL. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 751 of title 10, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new section: 

7 ‘‘§ 7422. Degree granting authority for United States 

8 Army Armament Graduate School 

9 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Under regulations prescribed by 

10 the Secretary of the Army, the Chancellor of the United 

11 States Army Armament Graduate School may, upon the 

12 recommendation of the faculty and provost of the college, 

13 confer appropriate degrees upon graduates who meet the 

14 degree requirements. 

15 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—A degree may not be conferred 

16 under this section unless— 

17 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of Education has rec18 ommended approval of the degree in accordance with 

19 the Federal Policy Governing Granting of Academic 

20 Degrees by Federal Agencies; and 

21 ‘‘(2) the United States Army Armament Grad22 uate School is accredited by the appropriate civilian 

23 academic accrediting agency or organization to 

24 award the degree, as determined by the Secretary of 

25 Education. 


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1 ‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIRE2 MENTS.—(1) When seeking to establish degree granting 

3 authority under this section, the Secretary of Defense 

4 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

5 Senate and the House of Representatives— 

6 ‘‘(A) a copy of the self-assessment questionnaire 

7 required by the Federal Policy Governing Granting 

8 of Academic Degrees by Federal Agencies, at the 

9 time the assessment is submitted to the Department 

10 of Education’s National Advisory Committee on In11 stitutional Quality and Integrity; and 

12 ‘‘(B) the subsequent recommendations and ra13 tionale of the Secretary of Education regarding the 

14 establishment of the degree granting authority. 

15 ‘‘(2) Upon any modification or redesignation of exist16 ing degree granting authority, the Secretary of Defense 

17 shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 

18 Senate and House of Representatives a report containing 

19 the rationale for the proposed modification or redesigna20 tion and any subsequent recommendation of the Secretary 

21 of Education on the proposed modification or redesigna22 tion. 

23 ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 

24 Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 

25 of Representatives a report containing an explanation of 


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1 any action by the appropriate academic accrediting agency 

2 or organization not to accredit the United States Army 

3 Armament Graduate School to award any new or existing 

4 degree.’’. 

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: 

‘‘7422. Degree granting authority for United States Army Armament Graduate 

School.’’. 

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