[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4273 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4273

To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a temporary program 
   to permit professional schools of the Army Training and Doctrine 
 Command to admit civilians as students on a cost-reimbursable, space-
                            available basis.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1994

Mr. Farr of California (for himself, Mr. Hall of Ohio, and Mr. Hobson) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish a temporary program 
   to permit professional schools of the Army Training and Doctrine 
 Command to admit civilians as students on a cost-reimbursable, space-
                            available basis.

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

SECTION 1. TRADOC SCHOOLS CIVILIAN ENROLLMENT INITIATIVE.

    (a) Admission of Civilians as Students.--Chapter 407 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
``Sec. 4416. TRADOC schools: admission of civilians
    ``(a) Admission of Civilians as Students.--(1) The head of a TRADOC 
school may enter into an agreement with an accredited institution of 
higher education (or a consortium of such institutions) under which 
students enrolled at an institution of higher education that is a party 
to the agreement may receive instruction at the TRADOC school on a 
cost-reimbursable, space-available basis.
    ``(2) The head of a TRADOC school may also permit other persons who 
would benefit from the instruction provided at the school, as 
determined by the head of the TRADOC school involved, to receive 
instruction at the school on a cost-reimbursable, space-available 
basis.
    ``(b) Selection and Attendance.--(1) The head of the TRADOC school 
involved, with the approval of the Secretary of the Army, shall select 
the persons who will be permitted to receive instruction at the school 
pursuant to subsection (a). In the case of agreements under subsection 
(a)(1), the head of the TRADOC school involved shall consult with the 
other parties to the agreements to establish qualifications and methods 
of selection for persons to receive instruction at the school.
    ``(2) Except as the head of the TRADOC school involved determines 
necessary, a person who receives instruction at the school pursuant to 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the same regulations governing 
attendance, discipline, discharge, and dismissal as apply to other 
persons attending the school.
    ``(c) Retention of Funds Collected.--Amounts collected under 
subsection (a) to reimburse a TRADOC school for the costs of providing 
instruction to students under subsection (a) shall be credited as an 
addition to the appropriation supporting the compensation of 
instructors at the school.
    ``(d) TRADOC School Defined.--In this section, the term `TRADOC 
school' means any one of the following professional schools of the Army 
Training and Doctrine Command:
            ``(1) The United States Army Logistics Management College.
            ``(2) The Foreign Language Center of the Defense Language 
        Institute.
            ``(3) The United States Army Engineer School.
            ``(4) The United States Army Quartermaster School.
            ``(5) The United States Army Signal Center and School.
            ``(6) The United States Army Ordnance Center and School.
    ``(e) Expiration of Authority.--No student may be admitted to a 
TRADOC school under subsection (a) to commence classes beginning after 
September 30, 1997.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``4416. TRADOC schools: admission of civilians.''.

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