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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 Arma-
ment Graduate School, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Armament Graduate 
School Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEGREE GRANTING AUTHORITY FOR UNITED 
STATES 
ARMY 
ARMAMENT 
GRADUATE 
SCHOOL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 751 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 7422. Degree granting authority for United States 
Army Armament Graduate School 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Army, the Chancellor of the United 
States Army Armament Graduate School may, upon the 
recommendation of the faculty and provost of the college, 
confer appropriate degrees upon graduates who meet the 
degree requirements. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—A degree may not be conferred 
under this section unless— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary of Education has rec-
ommended approval of the degree in accordance with 
the Federal Policy Governing Granting of Academic 
Degrees by Federal Agencies; and 
‘‘(2) the United States Army Armament Grad-
uate School is accredited by the appropriate civilian 
academic accrediting agency or organization to 
award the degree, as determined by the Secretary of 
Education. 
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‘‘(c) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—(1) When seeking to establish degree granting 
authority under this section, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives— 
‘‘(A) a copy of the self-assessment questionnaire 
required by the Federal Policy Governing Granting 
of Academic Degrees by Federal Agencies, at the 
time the assessment is submitted to the Department 
of Education’s National Advisory Committee on In-
stitutional Quality and Integrity; and 
‘‘(B) the subsequent recommendations and ra-
tionale of the Secretary of Education regarding the 
establishment of the degree granting authority. 
‘‘(2) Upon any modification or redesignation of exist-
ing degree granting authority, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives a report containing 
the rationale for the proposed modification or redesigna-
tion and any subsequent recommendation of the Secretary 
of Education on the proposed modification or redesigna-
tion. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House 
of Representatives a report containing an explanation of 
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any action by the appropriate academic accrediting agency 
or organization not to accredit the United States Army 
Armament Graduate School to award any new or existing 
degree.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item: 
‘‘7422. Degree granting authority for United States Army Armament Graduate 
School.’’. 
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