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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1671 

To establish the United States Public Service Academy. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2007 

Mr. MORAN of Virginia (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. GONZALEZ, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HINOJOSA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. AL GREEN

of Texas, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 

Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, 

Mr. FARR, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. 

LAMPSON, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia) 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 ‘‘Public Service Acad5 emy Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) National disasters such as the terrorist at9 tacks on September 11, 2001, and Hurricane 


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1 Katrina, along with the United States’ struggle 

2 against international terrorism, have highlighted the 

3 importance of public service and the need for the 

4 United States to improve its capacity to effectively 

5 handle future catastrophes, as well as the daily chal6 lenges of life in a global society. 

7 (2) Young people in the United States, particu8 larly after the attacks on September 11, 2001, have 

9 a strong ethic of public service. According to the 

Higher Education Research Institute, more than 2 10 ⁄3

11 of the 2005 freshman class at institutions of higher 

12 education in the United States expressed a desire to 

13 serve others, the highest rate in a generation. Appli14 cations to private programs such as Teach for Amer15 ica and City Year, publicly funded public service 

16 programs within USA Freedom Corps, and religious 

17 mission trips have increased dramatically since 

18 2001. Yet with the increase in college tuition caus19 ing the average college graduate to owe about 

20 $20,000 in student loan debt, many students can af21 ford to pursue public service only for short periods 

22 of time, and avoid public service careers in favor of 

23 more lucrative fields. 

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

25 States and the subsequent retirement of the Baby 


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1 Boomer generation will create serious shortages in 

2 critically needed public service positions at all levels 

3 of our society, as evidenced by the following: 

4 (A) A recent study by the Congressional 

5 Budget Office highlighted ‘‘the graying of the 

6 Federal work force,’’ while the Partnership for 

7 Public Service warned of a ‘‘Federal brain 

8 drain’’ as 44 percent of all Federal workers be9 come eligible to retire in the next 5 years. 

10 (B) The National Center for Education 

11 Statistics estimates that more than 2,000,000 

12 teachers will be needed in the next 10 years due 

13 to teacher retirement and increased student en14 rollment. The teacher shortages will particularly 

15 affect high-need rural and inner-city local edu16 cational agencies. 

17 (C) More than 80 percent of the Nation’s 

18 17,000 law enforcement agencies report that 

19 they cannot fill needed positions due to a lack 

20 of qualified candidates. 

21 (D) In the aftermath of Hurricane 

22 Katrina, personnel shortages were ‘‘perhaps 

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

24 Emergency Management Agency, according to a 


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1 Congressional report on the Federal Govern2 ment’s response to the disaster. 

3 (E) The Bureau of Customs and Border 

4 Protection has struggled to recruit and retain 

5 college-educated Border Patrol agents who can 

6 speak Spanish and navigate the delicate cross7 cultural interactions inherent in the job. 

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

9 among young women who want to serve our country. 

10 Although the military service academies are only 15 

11 percent female, women constitute a majority (57 

12 percent) of college students nationwide. In service 

13 organizations, women are an even larger majority: 

14 58 percent of Peace Corps, 61 percent of City Year, 

15 and 71 percent of Teach for America participants 

16 are women. 

17 (5) College students in the United States lack 

18 adequate preparation in fields crucial to public serv19 ice, including international education and civic edu20 cation, as evidenced by the following: 

21 (A) According to the bipartisan Commis22 sion on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad 

23 Fellowship Program established under section 

24 104 of division H of the Consolidated Appro25 priations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 


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

2 graduate from college without knowing a for3 eign language or having any experience abroad. 

4 In the past 3 decades, the percentage of under5 graduate students of the United States study6 ing a foreign language has dropped from 16 

7 percent to 8.7 percent, and approximately 1 

8 percent of such students participate in a study 

9 abroad program. 

10 (B) Young adults of the United States 

11 scored next to last in a recent National Geo12 graphic/Roper survey of geographic knowledge. 

13 (C) A University of Connecticut survey of 

14 14,000 undergraduate students found a wide15 spread lack of civic literacy, with seniors barely 

16 outscoring freshmen on a test of basic multiple 

17 choice questions about the history, foreign pol18 icy, economics, and government of the United 

19 States. 

20 (D) The most recent National Assessment 

21 of Educational Progress assessment of civic 

22 knowledge in grade 12 found that only 25 per23 cent of high school seniors had an ‘‘adequate’’ 

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1 cent of high school seniors had little or no 

2 knowledge of civics and government. 

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

4 undergraduate institution to promote public service 

5 and develop well-trained, highly qualified civilian 

6 leaders. 

7 SEC. 3. PURPOSE. 

8 The purpose of this Act is to establish a United 

9 States Public Service Academy that will— 

10 (1) strengthen and protect the United States by 

11 providing an annual influx of career-motivated pub12 lic servants and future leaders into the Nation’s 

13 public institutions; 

14 (2) be the first national civilian institution of 

15 higher education in the United States; and 

16 (3) provide competitive, federally subsidized, 

17 public service-focused undergraduate education to 

18 students from across the United States and the 

19 world. 

20 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) PUBLIC SERVICE.—The term ‘‘public serv23 ice’’ means employment with, or work for, a public 

24 entity that is funded primarily by the Federal Gov25 ernment or by a State or local government. 


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

2 the several States of the United States and the Dis3 trict of Columbia. 

4 SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

6 Department of Homeland Security, a United States Public 

7 Service Academy (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Acad8 emy’’), at the location to be determined by an Act of Con9 gress, for the instruction in and preparation for public 

10 service of selected individuals, who shall be called Academy 

11 students. 

12 (b) ORGANIZATION.—The Secretary of the Depart13 ment of Homeland Security shall prescribe the organiza14 tion of the Academy, in accordance with the requirements 

15 of this section. 

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

17 the following: 

18 (1) A Superintendent. 

19 (2) A Dean of the Academic Board, who is a 

20 permanent professor. 

21 (3) A Director of Admissions. 

22 (4) A Director of Placement. 

23 (d) SUPERINTENDENT.— 

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

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1 point the Superintendent of the Academy, who shall 

2 serve for a 6-year term. 

3 (2) DUTIES.—The Superintendent shall be re4 sponsible for the day-to-day operation of the Acad5 emy and the welfare of the students, faculty, and 

6 staff of the Academy. 

7 (e) DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD.— 

8 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Superintendent shall 

9 appoint the Dean of the Academic Board as an addi10 tional permanent professor from the permanent pro11 fessors who have served as heads of departments of 

12 instruction at the Academy, except that for the first 

13 year of the Academy the Superintendent shall ap14 point the Dean of the Academic Board from quali15 fied applicants. 

16 (2) DUTIES.—The Dean of the Academic Board 

17 shall perform such duties as the Superintendent 

18 may, upon approval of the Board of Visitors, pre19 scribe. 

20 SEC. 6. FACULTY AND DEPARTMENTS. 

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

22 the Academy may employ as many professors, instructors, 

23 and lecturers at the Academy as the Superintendent con24 siders necessary to achieve academic excellence. 


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1 (b) FACULTY COMPENSATION.—The Superintendent 

2 may prescribe the compensation of persons employed 

3 under this section. Compensation and benefits for faculty 

4 members of the Academy shall be sufficiently competitive 

5 to achieve academic excellence, as determined by the Su6 perintendent. 

7 (c) FACULTY EXPECTATIONS.—Faculty members 

8 shall— 

9 (1) possess academic expertise and teaching 

10 prowess; 

11 (2) exemplify high standards of conduct and 

12 performance; 

13 (3) be expected to participate in the full spec14 trum of academy programs, including providing 

15 leadership for the curricular and extracurricular ac16 tivities of students; 

17 (4) comply with the standards of conduct and 

18 performance established by the Superintendent; and 

19 (5) participate actively in the development of 

20 the students through the enforcement of standards 

21 of behavior and conduct, to be established in the 

22 Academy’s rules and regulations. 

23 (d) DEPARTMENT TITLES.—The Superintendent 

24 may prescribe the titles of each of the departments of in25 struction and the faculty of the Academy. 


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1 SEC. 7. STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS 

2 FOR ADMISSION. 

3 (a) STUDENT QUALIFICATIONS.—A student wishing 

4 to be admitted to the Academy shall— 

5 (1) be 17 years of age or older; 

6 (2) be unmarried; and 

7 (3) have no dependents, as defined in section 

8 152(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

9 (b) ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.—A student wishing 

10 to be admitted to the Academy shall fulfill the following 

11 requirements: 

12 (1) Earn a secondary school diploma. 

13 (2) Take the SAT or ACT or an equivalent col14 lege-level aptitude test. 

15 (3) Sit for a personal interview with a rep16 resentative of the Academy. 

17 (4) Any further admissions requirements, as de18 termined by the Director of Admissions. 

19 (c) HONOR CODE.—A student wishing to be admitted 

20 to the Academy shall sign an honor code developed by the 

21 Superintendent of the Academy and approved by the 

22 Board of Visitors. A violation of the honor code may con23 stitute a basis for dismissal from the Academy. 

24 SEC. 8. APPOINTMENT OF STUDENTS. 

25 (a) NOMINATION PROCESS.—Prospective applicants 

26 to the Academy for seats described in paragraphs (1) and 


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1 (3) of subsection (b) shall follow a nomination process es2 tablished by the Director of Admissions of the Academy 

3 that is similar to the process used for admission to the 

4 military academies of the United States Armed Forces. 

5 (b) APPOINTMENTS.— 

6 (1) NOMINEES FOR CONGRESSIONAL SEATS.— 

7 (A) NUMBER OF SEATS.—For each incom8 ing first-year class at the Academy, the Direc9 tor of Admissions shall reserve a number of 

10 congressional seats in such class that is twice 

11 the number of electoral votes for all States, ex12 cept that such number of seats may be reduced 

13 if the Superintendent of the Academy deter14 mines that a smaller class size is necessary in 

15 order to gradually build the Academy to its full 

16 capacity. 

17 (B) NOMINEES REQUIRED PER EACH SEN18 ATOR AND REPRESENTATIVE.—Each member of 

19 the Senate or the House of Representatives 

20 shall nominate a minimum of 5 candidates from 

21 the State that the member represents for each 

22 incoming first-year class of the Academy. 

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1 coming class, the Director of Admissions 

2 shall— 

3 (i) proportionally allocate the congres4 sional seats reserved under subparagraph 

5 (A) among the States based on the number 

6 of electoral votes of each State; and 

7 (ii) for each congressional seat allo8 cated to a State, select a candidate that 

9 has been nominated by a member of Con10 gress from the State under subparagraph 

11 (B). 

12 (2) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.— 

13 (A) SEATS.—The Director of Admissions 

14 shall reserve, from the total number of seats in 

15 each incoming first-year class of the Academy, 

16 not less than 5 percent of such total for inter17 national students. 

18 (B) TUITION; AGREEMENT.—In order for 

19 an international student to attend the Academy, 

20 the student’s home country shall— 

21 (i) be responsible for subsidizing the 

22 student’s tuition, fees, room and board, 

23 and other expenses at the Academy; and 

24 (ii) enter into an agreement described 

25 in section 10(b) with the student. 


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1 (3) EXECUTIVE BRANCH NOMINEES.— 

2 (A) SEATS.—The Director of Admissions 

3 shall reserve in each incoming first-year class of 

4 the Academy not more than 25 seats for execu5 tive branch nominees. 

6 (B) NOMINEES.—The President shall 

7 nominate a minimum of 75 candidates to com8 pete for the executive branch seats. 

9 (4) OTHER NOMINEES.—The Director of Ad10 missions shall reserve in each incoming first-year 

11 class of the Academy not more than 75 seats for at12 large selections from the remaining pool of congres13 sional nominees described in paragraph (1)(B). 

14 SEC. 9. ACADEMIC FOCUS OF THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC 

15 SERVICE ACADEMY. 

16 (a) CURRICULUM; LEADERSHIP.— 

17 (1) CURRICULUM.—Each Academy student 

18 shall follow a structured curriculum that empha19 sizes— 

20 (A) the leadership development system de21 scribed under paragraph (2); and 

22 (B) public service. 

23 (2) LEADERSHIP.—The leadership development 

24 system required under paragraph (1) shall be a sys25 tem that is designed to motivate Academy students 


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1 to seek leadership responsibilities upon graduation 

2 and enable Academy students to think clearly, decide 

3 wisely, and act decisively under pressure and in a 

4 variety of leadership situations. Such system shall 

5 include concurrent and relevant coursework to create 

6 an interplay between learning the science of leader7 ship in the classroom and learning the art of leader8 ship outside the classroom. 

9 (b) DEGREE.— 

10 (1) DEGREE CONFERRED UPON GRADUATION.— 

11 Under such conditions as the Board of Visitors may 

12 prescribe, the Superintendent of the Academy may 

13 confer a baccalaureate of science or baccalaureate of 

14 arts degree upon a graduate of the Academy. 

15 (2) MAJORS.—Each Academy student shall 

16 pursue a program of study for a baccalaureate of 

17 sciences or a baccalaureate of arts degree in tradi18 tional liberal arts subjects. 

19 (c) BREADTH OF REQUIRED SUBJECT AREAS STUD20 IED.—Each Academy student shall take courses in a 

21 broad array of subject areas as part of the student’s pro22 gram of study. 

23 (d) PUBLIC SERVICE CONCENTRATION.—Not later 

24 than the completion of the fourth semester at the Acad25 emy, each Academy student shall choose a public service 


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1 concentration, which shall be the field in which the student 

2 ultimately will serve upon graduation. 

3 (e) PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS BEFORE

4 GRADUATION.— 

5 (1) PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMMING.—Each 

6 Academy student shall participate in regular pro7 gramming related to public service, as determined by 

8 the Dean of the Academic Board. 

9 (2) PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT.—Each Academy 

10 student shall plan and implement a 1-year public 

11 service project during the student’s final year at the 

12 Academy. 

13 (f) STUDY ABROAD REQUIREMENTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Academy student shall 

15 spend not less than 6 weeks engaged in a study 

16 abroad program approved by the Dean of the Aca17 demic Board. 

18 (2) CLASSES IN PREPARATION FOR STUDY

19 ABROAD.—In preparation for the study abroad pro20 gram, each Academy student shall take courses in 

21 foreign languages and international relations. 

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1 gram established by the Superintendent and the Dean of 

2 the Academic Board. 

3 SEC. 10. PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIREMENTS FOLLOWING 

4 GRADUATION. 

5 (a) PUBLIC SERVICE AGREEMENT.—Each Academy 

6 student from the United States shall sign an agreement 

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

8 the United States. The agreement shall provide that the 

9 student agrees to the following: 

10 (1) The student will complete the course of in11 struction at the Academy, culminating in graduation 

12 from the Academy. 

13 (2) Unless the student pursues graduate edu14 cation under subsection (h), upon graduation from 

15 the Academy, the student— 

16 (A) will accept a public service assignment 

17 under subsection (g), if tendered, at the as18 signed location; and 

19 (B) will serve in the public service assign20 ment for not less than the 5 years immediately 

21 following the first day of the assignment. 

22 (b) INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AGREEMENT.—Each 

23 international Academy student who was selected for the 

24 Academy under section 8(b)(2) shall sign an agreement 

25 with the student’s home country regarding employment in 


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1 the national or local government of such country that 

2 meets the same conditions set forth in subsection (a). 

3 (c) FAILURE TO GRADUATE.—An Academy student 

4 who has completed a minimum of 4 semesters at the Acad5 emy but fails to fulfill the Academy’s requirements for 

6 graduation within 4 years shall be— 

7 (1) dishonorably discharged from the Academy; 

8 and 

9 (2) obligated to repay the Academy for the 

10 costs of the student’s education incurred during each 

11 semester that the student was enrolled in the Acad12 emy. 

13 (d) FAILURE TO ACCEPT OR COMPLETE ASSIGNED

14 PUBLIC SERVICE.— 

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

16 be— 

17 (A) designated a dishonorable graduate of 

18 the Academy; and 

19 (B) obligated to repay the Academy for the 

20 costs of the delinquent graduate’s education (in21 cluding the costs of any graduate education 

22 paid for under this Act), except that the 

23 amount of financial responsibility under this 

24 subparagraph shall be reduced by 10 percent 


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1 for each year of public service under subsection 

2 (a)(2) completed by the delinquent graduate. 

3 (2) DEFINITION OF DELINQUENT GRADUATE.— 

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

5 means a graduate of the Academy who violates the 

6 agreement entered into under subsection (a) by— 

7 (A) not accepting the graduate’s public 

8 service assignment upon graduation from the 

9 Academy; or 

10 (B) not completing the required years of 

11 public service in the assignment due to— 

12 (i) voluntarily quitting the assign13 ment; or 

14 (ii) being fired from the assignment. 

15 (e) EXCEPTIONS.—The Superintendent may provide 

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

17 service or payment obligation by an individual under this 

18 section whenever compliance by the individual with the ob19 ligation is impossible or deemed to involve extreme hard20 ship to the individual, or if enforcement of such obligation 

21 with respect to the individual would be unconscionable. 

22 (f) STUDENT SALARIES AND BENEFITS.—The Acad23 emy shall not be responsible for the salaries and benefits 

24 of graduates of the Academy while the graduates are ful25 filling the public service assignment under this section. All 


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1 salaries and benefits shall be paid by the employer with 

2 whom the Academy graduate is placed. 

3 (g) DETERMINING STUDENT PUBLIC SERVICE AS4 SIGNMENTS.— 

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

6 through the Director of Placement, shall place each 

7 graduating student in a public service assignment, 

8 which shall consist of— 

9 (A) civil service employment at the Fed10 eral, State, or local level; or 

11 (B) civilian service in the United States 

12 Armed Forces. 

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

14 paragraph (1), the Director of Placement shall as15 sess the following factors: 

16 (A) National security needs. 

17 (B) State and local community needs. 

18 (C) The student’s experience. 

19 (D) The student’s academic performance. 

20 (3) REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF STUDENT AS21 SIGNMENTS.—The Superintendent shall review and 

22 approve each graduating Academy student’s public 

23 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 a public institution; and 

7 (B) postpone the public service assignment 

8 required under subsection (a)(2); and 

9 (2) the student shall— 

10 (A) accept a public service assignment 

11 under subsection (g) upon the student’s comple12 tion of the graduate program; and 

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

14 public service commitment required under the 

15 agreement described in subsection (a) for every 

16 year of subsidized graduate education. 

17 SEC. 11. REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT. 

18 (a) BOARD OF VISITORS.— 

19 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There shall be estab20 lished a Board of Visitors for the Academy (referred 

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

22 the Academy and to inquire into the efficiency and 

23 effectiveness of the operations of the Academy. 

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

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1 Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. 

2 The remaining members of the Board of Visitors 

3 shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 

4 advice and consent of the Senate. 

5 (3) VISITS; REPORTS.— 

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

7 the efficiency and effectiveness of the Academy, 

8 the Board of Visitors shall annually visit the 

9 Academy. A majority of the members of the 

10 Board of Visitors shall be present for such an11 nual visit. 

12 (B) ADDITIONAL VISITS.—The Board, or 

13 any member of the Board, may visit the Acad14 emy in addition to the annual visit described in 

15 subparagraph (A) with the approval of the Su16 perintendent. 

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

18 days after an annual visit described in subpara19 graph (A), the Board of Visitors shall prepare 

20 and submit an annual report regarding the op21 erations of the Academy to the President and 

22 Congress. 

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

24 of each year, using data as of September 30 of such year, 

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1 Congress a report assessing the progress of, and changes 

2 at, the Academy in the following areas: 

3 (1) Recruitment and admissions. 

4 (2) Faculty compensation. 

5 (3) Curriculum. 

6 (4) Resources and facilities. 

7 (5) Attrition and graduation. 

8 (6) Public service placement. 

9 SEC. 12. FUNDING THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC SERVICE 

10 ACADEMY. 

11 (a) FULLY SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION.—Each Acad12 emy student’s tuition at the Academy shall be fully sub13 sidized. 

14 (b) PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.—The Academy 

15 will be a public-private partnership, funded as follows: 

16 (1) PUBLIC FUNDS.—Federal funds shall pro17 vide not more than 80 percent of the costs of the 

18 Academy for a fiscal year. 

19 (2) PRIVATE FUNDS.—The non-Federal share 

20 of the costs of the Academy for a fiscal year shall 

21 be raised by Academy officials, and may be in cash 

22 or in kind, including services, supplies, or equip23 ment. 

24 (c) USES OF FUNDS.— 


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1 (1) OPENING THE ACADEMY.—For each of the 

2 first 2 fiscal years for which funds are appropriated 

3 under section 14, the Superintendent shall use funds 

4 available to carry out this Act, including private 

5 funds described in subsection (b)(2), to acquire land, 

6 construct facilities, recruit faculty and students, hire 

7 employees, and develop curricula in preparation for 

8 the opening of the Academy. 

9 (2) CONTINUING OPERATIONS.—For each of 

10 the 4 subsequent fiscal years following the second 

11 fiscal year described in subsection (c) for which 

12 funds are appropriated under section 14, the Super13 intendent shall use funds available to carry out this 

14 Act, including private funds described in subsection 

15 (b)(2), to fund the Academy as it grows one class 

16 at a time into a 4-year institution. 

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

18 (a) GIFTS NOT EXCEEDING $20,000.—Under regula19 tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Department of 

20 Homeland Security, the Superintendent may accept, hold, 

21 administer, invest, and spend any gift, devise, or bequest 

22 of personal property of a value of $20,000 or less made 

23 to the United States on the condition that such gift, de24 vise, or bequest be used for the benefit of the Academy 

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1 thorize the payment of all reasonable and necessary ex2 penses in connection with the conveyance or transfer of 

3 a gift, devise, or bequest under this section. 

4 (b) GIFTS EXCEEDING $20,000.—The Board of Visi5 tors may accept, hold, administer, invest, and spend any 

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

7 more than $20,000 made to the United States on the con8 dition that such gift, devise, or bequest be used for the 

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

10 of Visitors may pay or authorize the payment of all rea11 sonable and necessary expenses in connection with the 

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

13 this section. 

14 SEC. 14. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

16 this Act $164,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, and such sums 

17 as may be necessary for each of the 5 succeeding fiscal 

18 years. 

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