[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 375 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 375

 To deny funds to programs that do not allow the Secretary of Defense 
 access to students on campuses or to certain student information for 
                          recruiting purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

 Mr. Solomon (for himself, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Traficant) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
          Committees on Education and Labor and Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To deny funds to programs that do not allow the Secretary of Defense 
 access to students on campuses or to certain student information for 
                          recruiting purposes.

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

SECTION. 1. ACCESS TO STUDENT INFORMATION.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Denial of funds.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
        of law, no funds shall be made available under any applicable 
        program to any agency, institution, organization, or other 
        entity that has a policy of denying, or which effectively 
        prevents, the Secretary of Defense from obtaining for military 
        recruiting purposes--
                    (A) entry to campuses or access to students on 
                campuses; or
                    (B) access to directory information pertaining to 
                students unless an objection has been raised under the 
                provisions of paragraph (2).
            (2) Notification.--Any educational agency, institution, 
        organization, or other entity that releases directory 
        information--
                    (A) shall give public notice of the categories of 
                such information to be released; and
                    (B) shall allow a reasonable period of time after 
                such notice has been given for a student or a parent 
                (in the case of an individual younger than 18 years of 
                age) to inform the agency, institution, organization, 
                or other entity that any or all of such information 
                should not be released without obtaining prior consent 
                from such student or such parent, as the case may be.
            (3) Statutory construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to require students to attend recruitment 
        events.
    (b) Procedures for Determination.--
            (1) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Education, shall issue regulations within 
        10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
            (2) Procedures.--Such regulations shall contain procedures 
        for determining if and when an agency, institution, 
        organization, or other entity receiving funds under any 
        applicable program has denied or prevented access to students 
        or information described in subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act shall apply retroactively to the 
extent determined feasible by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Education.
    (d) Definitions.--For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Applicable program.--The term ``applicable program'' 
        has the meaning given such term under section 400(c)(1)(A) of 
        the General Education Provisions Act.
            (2) Directory information.--The term ``directory 
        information'' means, with respect to a student, the student's 
        name, address, telephone listing, date and place of birth, 
        level of education, degrees received, and the most recent 
        previous applicable program enrolled in by the student.
            (3) Students.--The term ``students'' means individuals 
        enrolled in any applicable program who are 17 years of age or 
        older.

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