Title: The Military Service Academy Foundation Act of 2019
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
The Military Service Academy Foundation Act of 2019
This bill describes how the Department of Defense may support military service academy supporting foundations. It authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned to provide the following types of support to service academy supporting foundations: (1) official participation of officers or Senior Executive Service employees, (2) endorsement of foundations and their activities, (3) logistical support, and (4) authorized use of trademarks and service marks.
A "supporting foundation" is a tax-exempt charitable organization that operates exclusively to support recruiting; parent, alumni, academic, leadership, and character development; athletic programs; and institutional development of a service academy.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3084 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3084

To allow the Secretaries of the military departments to provide limited 
           support to service academy supporting foundations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2019

  Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Banks) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To allow the Secretaries of the military departments to provide limited 
           support to service academy supporting foundations.

    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 ``The Military Service Academy 
Foundation Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMY FOUNDATIONS.

    (a) Chapter 155 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2616. Support of military service academy foundations
    ``(a) Authority.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary concerned may provide the following support 
        to service academy supporting foundations:
                    ``(A) Participation.--Official participation of any 
                general or flag officer or Senior Executive Service 
                employee assigned to a service academy, or official 
                designated by the Secretary concerned. Participation 
                under this subparagraph is limited to charitable 
                fundraising activities and membership drives.
                    ``(B) Endorsement.--Endorsement of supporting 
                foundations, their events, and activities by those 
                individuals who, under subparagraph (A), may officially 
                participate in charitable fundraising or membership 
                drives.
                    ``(C) Logistical support.--Logistical support, 
                provided without reimbursement, and limited to the use 
                of Department of Defense and Department of Homeland 
                Security facilities and equipment (and the services of 
                employees, necessary to make proper use of provided 
                facilities or equipment), on a non-exclusive and non-
                interference basis, for an event or activity sponsored 
                by the supporting foundation for the benefit of a 
                service academy.
                    ``(D) Trademarks and service marks.--Authorization 
                to use any trademarks and service marks owned or 
                controlled by the Secretary concerned for purposes of 
                this section.
            ``(2) No liability of the united states.--Any support under 
        paragraph (1) may only be provided without any liability of the 
        United States to the supporting foundation.
    ``(b) Limitation.--The Secretary concerned shall ensure that 
support provided under subsection (a) does not--
            ``(1) reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Department 
        of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, their 
        employees, or any member of the armed forces to carry out any 
        responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner;
            ``(2) compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity 
        of any program of the Department of Defense, the Department of 
        Homeland Security, or any individual involved in such a 
        program;
            ``(3) conflict with the principles relating to gift 
        solicitation, endorsement, and preferential treatment specified 
        in section 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, except 
        as specifically authorized in subsection (a); or
            ``(4) utilize cadets or midshipmen to support the 
        activities authorized in subsection (a).
    ``(c) Supporting Foundations Defined.--In this section, `supporting 
foundations' are, as designated by the Secretary concerned, charitable, 
educational, or civic nonprofit organizations under section 501(c)(3) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that operate exclusively to 
support recruiting; parent, alumni, academic, leadership and character 
development; athletic programs; and institutional development of a 
service academy.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2616. Support of military service academy foundations.''.
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