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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 731
To reduce the cost of operating the military service academies, to establish
a program of college scholarships to assist the education of students
in exchange for service in the Federal Government, and to increase
Montgomery GI Bill benefits.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 2, 1993
Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on Armed Services and Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To reduce the cost of operating the military service acad-
emies, to establish a program of college scholarships
to assist the education of students in exchange for service
in the Federal Government, and to increase Montgomery
GI Bill benefits.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Patriots of Peace Service Act of 1993’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Purpose.
Sec. 4. Definitions.
TITLE I—REDUCTION IN THE COSTS OF OPERATING THE
MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES
Sec. 101. Findings.
Sec. 102. Reduction in the costs of operating the military service academies.
Sec. 103. Sense of Congress on use of savings.
TITLE II—PATRIOTS OF PEACE SCHOLARSHIPS
Sec. 201. Scholarship program established.
Sec. 202. Eligibility for selection as a National Security Scholar.
Sec. 203. Selection of National Security Scholars.
Sec. 204. Elements of scholarship.
Sec. 205. Scholarship contract.
Sec. 206. Required course of instruction.
Sec. 207. Information provided by the Secretary of Defense.
Sec. 208. Breach of contract.
TITLE III—MONTGOMERY GI BILL BENEFITS FOR ENLISTED
MEN AND WOMEN
Sec. 301. Elimination of contribution requirement.
Sec. 302. Increase in the amount of Montgomery GI Bill educational assistance
payments.
Sec. 303. Increase in number of educational assistance payments.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The access to a quality education is central
to the economic strength and national security of the
United States, and national security begins at
home—with an educated citizenry.
(2) Many secondary school students who choose
to apply for admission to one of the military service
academies or for a Reserve Officers Training Corps
scholarship do so because they lack the financial re-
sources to afford a quality college education rather
than out of a desire to enter the Armed Forces.
(3) These students are very patriotic and would
willingly serve the United States in other ways of
value to themselves and to society.
(4) Many of these students would rather serve
their country in a nonmilitary capacity.
(5) There is a shortage of qualified college
graduates available to work for the Federal Govern-
ment.
(6) Many college graduates are unable to afford
to seek employment with the Federal Government
due to their student loan indebtedness resulting
from several years of college education.
(7) There should be an option for those stu-
dents who are willing to commit to a number of
years of nonmilitary government service to receive
an education comparable in quality to that available
through the military service academies.
SEC. 3. PURPOSE.
It is the purpose of this Act—
(1) to provide full scholarships and living ex-
penses to certain students to attend institutions of
higher learning as an alternative to attending a mili-
tary service academy;
(2) to provide these scholarships at the same or
lower cost to the Federal Government than providing
educational assistance through a military service
academy; and
(3) to provide a guaranteed source of qualified
professionals to work for a specified number of years
in the service of the United States as a civilian em-
ployee of the Federal Government.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) The term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a
United States Senator, a Member of the House of
Representatives, a Delegate to the House of Rep-
resentatives, or the Resident Commissioner from
Puerto Rico.
(2) The term ‘‘institution of higher learning’’
has the meaning given that term in section 3452(f)
of title 38, United States Code.
(3) The term ‘‘military service academy’’ means
the United States Military Academy, the United
States Naval Academy, or the United States Air
Force Academy.
TITLE 
I—REDUCTION 
IN 
THE
COSTS OF OPERATING THE
MILITARY 
SERVICE 
ACAD-
EMIES
SEC. 101. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) The average cost to the United States of
the attendance of a student at a military service
academy for four years is $210,000.
(2) The cost referred to in paragraph (1) in-
cludes the cost of pay and allowances, tuition, room,
board, books, laboratory fees, computers, clothing,
travel, equipment, recreation, music development,
military training, and other costs associated with
preparing the students to become well-educated offi-
cers in the Armed Forces.
(3) The cost of an education varies greatly be-
tween the three military service academies, and the
cost to the United States of providing an education
at the least expensive military service academy, the
United States Air Force Academy, is still two to
three times higher than the average cost to a stu-
dent to attend any other institution of higher learn-
ing in the United States.
(4) The cost referred to in paragraph (1) is ex-
cessive and for the purpose of efficient use of Fed-
eral tax revenues must be reduced.
SEC. 102. REDUCTION IN THE COSTS OF OPERATING THE
MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES.
(a) 
LONG-TERM
REDUCTIONS
IN
OPERATING
COSTS.—The Secretary of Defense is hereby required to
take such steps as may be necessary to reduce the costs
of providing an education at the United States Military
Academy, the United States Naval Academy, and the
United States Air Force Academy so that by January 1,
1995, the average cost per student of operating each mili-
tary service academy—
(1) is approximately equal; and
(2) is not more than 10 percent greater than
the average cost per nonacademy student, deter-
mined by the Secretary by averaging the cost per
student at the ten top-ranked institutions of higher
education in the United States, as selected by the
Secretary.
(b) FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN OPERATING COSTS.—
In addition to cost reductions required under subsection
(a), the Secretary of Defense shall reduce the operating
costs of the military service academies for each academic
year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act
to the extent necessary to achieve a reduction in expendi-
tures for these military service academies for each year
that is equal to at least 50 percent of the cost for that
year of providing scholarships under title II of this Act.
(c) REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF CADETS AND MID-
SHIPMEN.—To help achieve the cost reductions required
by subsections (a) and (b), the Secretary of Defense may
reduce the number of appointments made to the military
service academies for classes entering these military serv-
ice academies after the date of the enactment of this Act
notwithstanding the authorized strength of the Corps of
Cadets of the United States Military Academy, the author-
ized number of midshipmen at the United States Naval
Academy, or the authorized strength of Air Force Cadets
at the United States Air Force Academy.
SEC. 103. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USE OF SAVINGS.
It is the sense of the Congress that savings achieved
by the reduction in expenditures required by section 102
should be used to provide funds for the operation of the
scholarship program established under title II of this Act.
TITLE II—PATRIOTS OF PEACE
SCHOLARSHIPS
SEC. 201. SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Defense
shall establish a program of national security scholarships
to assure an adequate supply of college graduates for civil-
ian employee positions with—
(1) the Department of Defense; and
(2) other Federal agencies involved in education
or other activities related to national security.
(b) NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARS.—Each recipi-
ent of a scholarship under this title shall be known as a
‘‘National Security Scholar’’.
SEC. 202. ELIGIBILITY FOR SELECTION AS A NATIONAL SE-
CURITY SCHOLAR.
(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual shall be eligible for
selection as a National Security Scholar if such individ-
ual—
(1) is age 17 or over;
(2) has received a high school diploma or the
equivalent of a high school diploma;
(3) is a citizen of the United States or lawfully
admitted for permanent residence;
(4) is accepted for enrollment, or is enrolled, as
a full-time student in an institution of higher learn-
ing that offers a course of study described in section
206; and
(5) is nominated for selection as a National Se-
curity Scholar by a Member of Congress.
(b) EXCEPTION.—An individual who, together with
the parents of the individual, has an adjusted income of
$50,000 or more for the year preceding application under
this title may not be selected as a National Security
Scholar.
SEC. 203. SELECTION OF NATIONAL SECURITY SCHOLARS.
(a) NOMINATION.—The Secretary shall select Na-
tional Security Scholars from individuals nominated by
Members of Congress.
(b) NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS.—
(1) FISCAL
YEAR
1994.—During fiscal year
1994, the Secretary may award 2,700 four-year
scholarships under this title, such that each Member
of Congress may nominate five individuals for selec-
tion in that fiscal year.
(2) FISCAL
YEAR
1995.—During fiscal year
1995, the Secretary may award 1,630 four-year
scholarships under this title, such that each Member
of Congress may nominate three individuals for se-
lection in that fiscal year.
(3) FISCAL
YEAR
1996.—During fiscal year
1996, the Secretary may award 1,095 four-year
scholarships under this title, such that each Member
of Congress may nominate two individuals for selec-
tion in that fiscal year.
SEC. 204. ELEMENTS OF SCHOLARSHIP.
(a) USE
OF SCHOLARSHIP.—A National Security
Scholar may use a national security scholarship provided
under this title at any institution of higher learning offer-
ing a course of instruction described in section 206.
(b) CONTENT OF SCHOLARSHIP.—A national security
scholarship provided under this title shall consist of—
(1) a payment to the National Security Scholar,
or to an institution of higher learning on behalf of
the National Security Scholar, of an amount equal
to—
(A) the tuition of the National Security
Scholar in an institution of higher learning for
not to exceed four school years; and
(B) all other reasonable educational ex-
penses, including fees, books, and laboratory ex-
penses, incurred by the National Security
Scholar during such school years; and
(2) a payment to the National Security Scholar
of a stipend of $100 for each month of such school
year.
SEC. 205. SCHOLARSHIP CONTRACT.
(a) CONTRACT REQUIRED.—As a condition of receiv-
ing a scholarship under this title, each individual selected
as a National Security Scholar shall be required to sign
a written contract (described in subsection (c)) with the
Secretary—
(1) to accept financial assistance provided
under this title to assist such individual attend and
graduate from an institution of higher learning; and
(2) immediately upon the completion of such
program of education, to serve for a total of six
years as a civilian employee of—
(A) the Department of Defense; or
(B) another Federal agency involved in
education or other activities related to national
security.
(b) PARENTAL CONSENT.—If an individual selected
as a National Security Scholar is a minor and has parents
or a guardian, the individual may sign the contract re-
ferred to in subsection (a) only with the consent of the
parents or guardian.
(c) ELEMENTS OF CONTRACT.—The written contract
between the Secretary and a National Security Scholar
shall contain an agreement that—
(1) subject to subsection (d), the Secretary
agrees—
(A) to provide a four-year national security
scholarship under this title;
(B) to make summer employment opportu-
nities (including internship with Federal agen-
cies) available to the National Security Scholar
during the scholarship period; and
(C) to place (subject to the availability of
appropriated funds for the purpose) the Na-
tional Security Scholar as a civilian employee
of—
(i) the Department of Defense; or
(ii) another Federal agency involved
in education or other activities related to
national security, with the approval of the
Secretary of Defense and the head of the
Federal agency involved; and
(2) subject to subsection (d), the National Se-
curity Scholar agrees—
(A) to accept provision of such scholarship;
(B) to maintain enrollment in a program
of education in an institution of higher learning
until the participant completes the program;
(C) while enrolled in such program of edu-
cation, to maintain an acceptable level of aca-
demic standing (as determined under rules of
the Secretary) with the institution of higher
learning; and
(D) to serve as a civilian employee of the
Department of Defense or another Federal
agency for a total of six years, as provided in
paragraph (1)(C).
(d) ASSISTANCE SUBJECT TO FUNDS.—The written
contract shall contain a provision that any financial obli-
gation of the United States arising out of a contract en-
tered into under this section and any obligation of the Na-
tional Security Scholar which is conditioned thereon, is
contingent upon funds being appropriated for scholarships
under this title.
(e) OTHER TERMS.—The written contract shall also
contain—
(1) a statement of the damages to which the
United States is entitled, under section 208 for the
breach of the contract; and
(2) such other statements of the rights and li-
abilities of the United States and of the National
Security Scholar, not inconsistent with the provi-
sions of this title.
SEC. 206. REQUIRED COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the agreement under
section 205, a National Security Scholar shall agree to
pursue a course of study, approved by the Secretary, de-
signed to educate the National Security Scholar in—
(1) the complete workings of the Federal Gov-
ernment, including the executive, legislative, and ju-
dicial branches;
(2) the operations of the Department of De-
fense;
(3) the relationship of the Department of De-
fense with other Federal agencies, the Congress, and
the judicial branch; and
(4) the relationship of the Department of De-
fense with State and local governments.
(b) LENGTH.—The course of study required by sub-
section (a) shall last at least two semesters and shall in-
clude at least three credit hours (or its equivalent) of
study per semester. The course of study may also include
a six-month internship with the Department of Defense
or another Federal agency at the request of the Secretary
of Defense.
SEC. 207. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE.
(a) RIGHTS
AND LIABILITIES.—In disseminating
contract forms to individuals nominated for a scholarship
under this title, the Secretary shall include with such
forms a fair summary of the rights and liabilities of an
individual whose contract is accepted by the Secretary, in-
cluding a clear explanation of the damages to which the
United States is entitled under section 208 in the case
of the breach of the contract.
(b) APPLICATION AND CONTRACT FORMS.—The ap-
plication form, contract form, and all other information
furnished by a Member of Congress or the Secretary under
this title shall be written in a manner calculated to be un-
derstood by the average individual applying for a scholar-
ship under this title.
(c) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall make con-
tract forms available to individuals nominated for a schol-
arship under this title on a date sufficiently early to insure
that such individuals have adequate time to carefully re-
view and evaluate the information contained in such
forms.
SEC. 208. BREACH OF CONTRACT.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—If a National Security Scholar
fails to complete the educational requirements specified in
the agreement entered into under section 205 or, volun-
tarily or because of misconduct, fails to complete the term
of employment required under the agreement, the Na-
tional Security Scholar shall reimburse the United States
in an amount that bears the same ratio to the total cost
of the scholarship provided under this title as the unserved
portion of employment bears to the total period of employ-
ment required under the agreement.
(b) NATURE OF OBLIGATION.—The obligation to re-
imburse the United States under an agreement under sec-
tion 205 is, for all purposes, a debt owing the United
States. A discharge in bankruptcy under title 11 shall not
release a National Security Scholar from an obligation to
reimburse the United States required under the terms of
such an agreement if the final decree of the discharge in
bankruptcy is issued during the 15-year period beginning
on the date the National Security Scholar signs the agree-
ment.
(c) INTEREST.—Any amount owed by a National Se-
curity Scholar under subsection (a) to the United States
shall bear interest at the rate equal to the highest rate
being paid by the United States on the day on which the
reimbursement is determined to be due for securities hav-
ing maturities of ninety days or less and shall accrue from
the day on which the National Security Scholar is first
notified of the amount due to the United States as a reim-
bursement under this section.
(d) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply if
the National Security Scholar terminates the agreement
entered into under section 205 and withdraws from the
scholarship program before the start of the third school
year covered by the scholarship.
TITLE 
III—MONTGOMERY 
GI
BILL 
BENEFITS 
FOR 
EN-
LISTED MEN AND WOMEN
SEC. 301. ELIMINATION OF CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT.
Section 3011 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking out subsection (b);
(2) by striking out subsection (c)(1); and
(3) by redesignating subsection (c)(2) and sub-
section (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.
SEC. 302. INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF MONTGOMERY GI
BILL EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.
(a) Section 3015 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking out ‘‘$300’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$500’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking out ‘‘$250’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$350’’; and
(3) by amending subsection (f) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(f) Each of the rates established by or pursuant to
subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be increased on
April 1, 1994, and on April 1 of each year thereafter, by
a percentage that is equal to the percentage of the increase
in the Consumer Price Index (all items, United States city
average) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for
the calendar year ending before the April 1 on which such
rate is to be increased.’’.
SEC. 303. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF EDUCATIONAL ASSIST-
ANCE PAYMENTS.
Section 3013 of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by striking out ‘‘36’’ in subsections (a)(1) and
(d) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘48’’.
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