Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/9317
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10 U.S. Code § 9317 - Degree granting authority for Air University | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
§ 9317.
Degree granting authority for Air University
Except as provided in sections 9314 and 9315 of this title, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, the commander of the Air University may, upon the recommendation of the faculty of the Air University components, confer appropriate degrees upon graduates who meet the degree requirements.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 913(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2828; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 543(a), (b)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 607; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 556(a), (c)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1914, 1915; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 527, Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 105; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title V, § 543(i)(1), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4464.)
2004—Pub. L. 108–375, § 556(c)(1), substituted “conferral of degrees” for “graduate-level degrees” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–375, § 556(a), substituted “may confer academic degrees as follows:” for “may confer—” in introductory provisions, “The” for “the” in pars. (1) to (3), period for semicolon in par. (1), and period for “; and” in par. (2) and added par. (4).
1999—Pub. L. 106–65, § 543(b)(1), substituted “graduate-level degrees” for “master of airpower art and science” in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–65, § 543(a), amended heading and text of subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Upon the recommendation of the faculty of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies of the Air University, the Commander of the university may confer the degree of master of airpower art and science upon graduates of the school who fulfill the requirements for the degree.”
Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title IX, § 913(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2828, provided that: “The authority provided by section 9317(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall become effective on the date on which the Secretary of Education determines that the requirements established by the School of Advanced Airpower Studies of the Air University for the degree of master of airpower art and science are in accordance with generally applicable requirements for a degree of master of arts or a degree of master of science.”