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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3084 

To allow the Secretaries of the military departments to provide limited support 

to service academy supporting foundations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2019 

Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. CONAWAY, and Mr. BANKS) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To allow the Secretaries of the military departments to provide limited support to service academy supporting foundations. 

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 ‘‘The Military Service 

5 Academy Foundation Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY FOUN7 DATIONS. 

8 (a) Chapter 155 of title 10, United States Code, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 


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1 ‘‘§ 2616. Support of military service academy founda2 tions 

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, the Secretary concerned may pro6 vide the following support to service academy sup7 porting foundations: 

8 ‘‘(A) PARTICIPATION.—Official participa9 tion of any general or flag officer or Senior Ex10 ecutive Service employee assigned to a service 

11 academy, or official designated by the Secretary 

12 concerned. Participation under this subpara13 graph is limited to charitable fundraising activi14 ties and membership drives. 

15 ‘‘(B) ENDORSEMENT.—Endorsement of 

16 supporting foundations, their events, and activi17 ties by those individuals who, under subpara18 graph (A), may officially participate in chari19 table fundraising or membership drives. 

20 ‘‘(C) LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.—Logistical 

21 support, provided without reimbursement, and 

22 limited to the use of Department of Defense 

23 and Department of Homeland Security facilities 

24 and equipment (and the services of employees, 

25 necessary to make proper use of provided facili26 ties or equipment), on a non-exclusive and nonVerDate Sep 11 2014 20:30 Jun 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3084.IH H3084

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1 interference basis, for an event or activity spon2 sored by the supporting foundation for the ben3 efit of a service academy. 

4 ‘‘(D) TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE

5 MARKS.—Authorization to use any trademarks 

6 and service marks owned or controlled by the 

7 Secretary concerned for purposes of this sec8 tion. 

9 ‘‘(2) NO LIABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES.— 

10 Any support under paragraph (1) may only be pro11 vided without any liability of the United States to 

12 the supporting foundation. 

13 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary concerned shall 

14 ensure that support provided under subsection (a) does 

15 not— 

16 ‘‘(1) reflect unfavorably on the ability of the 

17 Department of Defense, the Department of Home18 land Security, their employees, or any member of the 

19 armed forces to carry out any responsibility or duty 

20 in a fair and objective manner; 

21 ‘‘(2) compromise the integrity or appearance of 

22 integrity of any program of the Department of De23 fense, the Department of Homeland Security, or any 

24 individual involved in such a program; 


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1 ‘‘(3) conflict with the principles relating to gift 

2 solicitation, endorsement, and preferential treatment 

3 specified in section 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal 

4 Regulations, except as specifically authorized in sub5 section (a); or 

6 ‘‘(4) utilize cadets or midshipmen to support 

7 the activities authorized in subsection (a). 

8 ‘‘(c) SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS DEFINED.—In this 

9 section, ‘supporting foundations’ are, as designated by the 

10 Secretary concerned, charitable, educational, or civic non11 profit organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Inter12 nal Revenue Code of 1986, that operate exclusively to sup13 port recruiting; parent, alumni, academic, leadership and 

14 character development; athletic programs; and institu15 tional development of a service academy.’’. 

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

17 at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 

18 at the end the following new item: 

‘‘2616. Support of military service academy foundations.’’. 

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