[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3293 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3293

To prohibit the imposition of additional charges or fees for attendance 
at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, 
  the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Coast Guard 
        Academy, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 15, 1993

Mr. Ackerman (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. Hochbrueckner, Mr. 
   Levy, Mr. Manton, Mr. King, Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Bateman, Mr. 
Lipinski, Mr. Lazio, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Studds, Mr. Hansen, and Mr. Fish) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
     Committees on Armed Services and Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the imposition of additional charges or fees for attendance 
at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, 
  the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Coast Guard 
        Academy, and the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL CHARGES OR FEES FOR 
              NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY ATTENDANCE.

    (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no charge 
or fee for tuition, room, or board for attendance at a national defense 
academy may be imposed unless the charge or fee is specifically 
authorized by a law enacted after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
    (b) Exception.--The prohibition specified in subsection (a) shall 
not apply with respect to any item or service provided to cadets or 
midshipmen at a national defense academy for which a charge or fee is 
imposed as of the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of 
Defense or the Secretary of Transportation, as the case shall be, shall 
notify the Congress of any change made by a national defense academy in 
the amount of a charge or fee authorized under this subsection.
    (c) National Defense Academy Defined.--For purposes of this 
section, the term ``national defense academy'' means any of the 
following:
            (1) The United States Military Academy.
            (2) The United States Naval Academy.
            (3) The United States Air Force Academy.
            (4) The United States Coast Guard Academy.
            (5) The United States Merchant Marine Academy.

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