Military Service Academy Foundation Support Act of 2022
Bill: H.R.8346 | Sponsor: Rep. Bacon, Don (R-NE)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Military Service Academy Foundation Support Act of 2022
This bill authorizes the military departments to provide specified support, with limitations, to charitable, educational, or civic nonprofit organizations that operate exclusively to support the service academies (i.e., the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, and U.S. Air Force Academy). Specifically, the bill authorizes the military departments to provide (1) the use of facilities or equipment of the United States on an unreimbursed basis, and (2) endorsement from specified individuals related to an organization and its events and activities.

To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of a 
  military department to provide certain support to a foundation that 
                  supports a 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 
Support 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), the Secretary of the 
military department concerned may provide the following support to a 
covered foundation:
            ``(1) The use, on an unreimbursed basis, of facilities or 
        equipment of the United States by the covered foundation, 
        authorized by any--
                    ``(A) general or flag officer;
                    ``(B) Senior Executive Service employee assigned to 
                the Service Academy supported by that covered 
                foundation; or
                    ``(C) official designated by the Secretary 
                concerned.
            ``(2) Endorsement by an individual described in paragraph 
        (1) of--
                    ``(A) the covered foundation;
                    ``(B) an event of the covered foundation; or
                    ``(C) an activity of the covered foundation.
    ``(b) Limitations.--Support under subsection (a) may be provided 
only if such support--
            ``(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; and
            ``(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.
    ``(c) Briefing.--In any fiscal year during which support is 
provided 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 congressional defense committees regarding the 
number of events or activities of a covered foundation in which an 
individual described in subsection (a)(1) participated 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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