3.0.0 3958 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z Senate S S 2006-09-27 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-27T21:14:35Z Public Service Academy Act of 2006 109 6221 HR 2006-11-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. Related bill CRS 2006-09-27 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2006-09-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10305) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2006-09-27 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2006-09-27 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2006-09-27 True Education Advice and consent of the Senate Armed Forces and National Security Collection of accounts College administration College costs College teachers Commerce Congress Crime and Law Enforcement Curricula Department of Homeland Security Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Environmental Protection Federal aid to education Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Foreign students Fund raising Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government internships Graduate education Health Higher education Infrastructure Infrastructure (Economics) International Affairs International education Labor and Employment Language and languages Leadership Local employees Members of Congress Nonprofit organizations Presidential appointments Public service employment Public-private partnerships Scholarships Service academies Social Welfare State employees Student activities Tax-exempt organizations Taxation Education 00 2006-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-20T14:44:17Z Public Service Academy Act of 2006 - Establishes, in the Department of Homeland Security, a United States Public Service Academy providing a fully subsidized liberal arts education to students selected from a pool of candidates nominated by Congress and the President. Reserves 100 first-year seats for international students, whose tuition and expenses are to be covered by their home countries.

Requires incoming students to sign an Honor Code and be at least 17 years old, unmarried, and without dependents.

Requires students to: (1) participate in daily public service programming and, during their final year, plan and implement a one-year public service project; (2) take foreign language and international relations courses in preparation for spending their junior year studying abroad and interning at a U.S. mission; (3) spend eight weeks each summer engaged in specified training and internship activities; and (4) by the completion of their fourth semester, choose a public service concentration in the economy, education, emergency management, the environment, foreign policy, health care, law enforcement, or the public infrastructure.

Directs the Academy to assign graduates to public service employment in their field of concentrated study, where they must serve for at least five years. Includes private nonprofit organizations and private entities deemed to meet critical national needs among acceptable public service employers. Requires foreign students to serve in their home countries. Authorizes the Academy to subsidize a student's graduate education in return for an extended public service commitment.

Requires the Academy to raise 20% of its annual budget from private sources.

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