[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2031 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2031

 To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to prohibit the imposition of 
additional charges or fees for attendance at the United States Merchant 
    Marine Academy, and to express the sense of the Senate that no 
   additional charges or fees shall be imposed for attendance at the 
 United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the 
  United States Air Force Academy, and the United States Coast Guard 
                    Academy, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               April 19 (legislative day, April 11), 1994

 Mr. D'Amato (for himself, Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Cochran, and 
 Mr. Durenberger) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
 and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to prohibit the imposition of 
additional charges or fees for attendance at the United States Merchant 
    Marine Academy, and to express the sense of the Senate that no 
   additional charges or fees shall be imposed for attendance at the 
 United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, the 
  United States Air Force Academy, and the United States Coast Guard 
                    Academy, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Merchant Marine Academy Reform Act 
of 1994''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL CHARGES OR FEES FOR 
              NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY ATTENDANCE.

    Section 1303 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 
1295b) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Prohibition on Fees and Charges for Attendance by United 
States Citizens at the Merchant Marine Academy.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), no 
        tuition or charge for room or board may be imposed in 
        connection with attendance at the Merchant Marine Academy by an 
        individual selected for attendance pursuant to subsection (b).
            ``(2) Exception.--The prohibition specified in paragraph 
        (1) shall not apply with respect to any item or service 
        provided to midshipmen at the Merchant Marine Academy for which 
        a charge is imposed on the date of enactment of the Merchant 
        Marine Academy Reform Act of 1994.
            ``(3) Change in applicable fee.--The Secretary of 
        Transportation shall notify Congress of any change made in the 
        amount of a charge exempted by paragraph (2) from the 
        prohibition in paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF SENATE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that no charges or fees should be 
imposed for attendance at the United States Military Academy, the 
United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or 
the United States Coast Guard Academy.

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