Military Service Academy Foundation Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.9531 | Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don (R-NE)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Military Service Academy Foundation Act of 2022
This bill provides that the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy may authorize a charitable, educational, or civic nonprofit organization that operates exclusively to support the service academy to use the facilities or equipment of the academy on an unreimbursed basis, with specified limitations.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the unreimbursed 
   use, by a foundation that supports a military service academy, of 
       facilities or equipment of such military service academy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Service Academy Foundation 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN SUPPORT FOR MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY 
              FOUNDATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2245 the end the 
following new section:
``Sec. 2246. Authorization of certain support for military service 
              academy foundations
    ``(a) Authority.--Subject to subsection (b) and pursuant to 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Superintendent 
of a Service Academy may authorize a covered foundation to use, on an 
unreimbursed basis, facilities or equipment of such Service Academy.
    ``(b) Limitations.--Use of facilities or equipment under subsection 
(a) may be provided only if such use--
            ``(1) is without any liability of the United States to the 
        covered foundation;
            ``(2) does not affect the ability of any official or 
        employee of the military department concerned, or any member of 
        the armed forces, to carry out any responsibility or duty in a 
        fair and objective manner;
            ``(3) does not compromise the integrity or appearance of 
        integrity of any program of the military department concerned, 
        or any individual involved in such a program;
            ``(4) does not include the participation of any cadet or 
        midshipman, other than participation in an honor guard at an 
        event of the covered foundation;
            ``(5) complies with the Joint Ethics Regulation; and
            ``(6) has been reviewed and approved by an attorney of the 
        military department concerned.
    ``(c) Briefing.--In any fiscal year during which the Superintendent 
of a Service Academy exercises the authority under subsection (a), the 
Secretary of the military department concerned shall provide a briefing 
not later than the last day of that fiscal year to the Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives regarding the 
number of events or activities of a covered foundation supported by 
such exercise during such fiscal year.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `covered foundation' means a charitable, 
        educational, or civic nonprofit organization under section 
        501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that the 
        Secretary concerned determines operates exclusively to support, 
        with respect to a Service Academy, any of the following:
                    ``(A) Recruiting.
                    ``(B) Parent or alumni development.
                    ``(C) Academic, leadership, or character 
                development.
                    ``(D) Institutional development.
                    ``(E) Athletics.
            ``(2) The term `Service Academy' has the meaning given such 
        term in section 347 of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such subchapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to item 
2245 the following new item:

``2246. Authorization of certain support for military service academy 
                            foundations.''.
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