[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 142 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 142

To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit any Federal grant or 
 contract from being awarded to any educational institution that does 
   not allow the Secretary of Defense to have access to students on 
   campuses or to obtain certain student information for recruiting 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

 Mr. Solomon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on National Security and, in addition, to the Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit any Federal grant or 
 contract from being awarded to any educational institution that does 
   not allow the Secretary of Defense to have access to students on 
   campuses or to obtain 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Recruiter Campus Access 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACCESS TO STUDENT INFORMATION BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 983. Student information for recruiting purposes: denial of 
              Federal grants and contracts to educational institutions 
              that prohibit access
    ``(a) In General.--Federal funds may not be made available by grant 
or contract to any educational institution that has a policy of 
denying, or which effectively prevents, the Secretary of Defense from 
obtaining for military recruiting purposes--
            ``(1) entry to any campus or access to students on any 
        campus, equal to that of other employers; or
            ``(2) access to directory information pertaining to 
        students (other than in a case in which an objection has been 
        raised under subsection (b)).
    ``(b) Notification.--An educational institution that releases 
directory information--
            ``(1) shall give public notice of the categories of such 
        information to be released; and
            ``(2) 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.
    ``(c) Procedures for Determination.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
prescribe regulations that contain procedures for determining if and 
when an educational institution has denied or prevented access to 
students or information described in subsection (a).
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) 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 (if available) the most recent previous educational program 
        enrolled in by the student.
            ``(2) The term `student' means an individual enrolled in 
        any program of education who is 17 years of age or older.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``983. Student information for recruiting purposes: denial of Federal 
                            grants and contracts to educational 
                            institutions that prohibit access.''.
    (b) Deadline for Regulations.--The regulations required to be 
prescribed by subsection (c) of section 983 of title 10, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be prescribed not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Conforming Repeal.--Section 558 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 
2776) is repealed.
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