[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3527-S3528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 526. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 569. DEGREE GRANTING AUTHORITY FOR UNITED STATES ARMY 
                   ARMAMENT GRADUATE SCHOOL.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 751 of title 10, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 7422. Degree granting authority for United States Army 
       Armament Graduate School

       ``(a) Authority.--Under regulations prescribed by the 
     Secretary of the Army, the Chancellor of the United States 
     Army Armament Graduate School may, upon the recommendation of 
     the faculty and provost of the college, confer appropriate 
     degrees upon graduates who meet the degree requirements.
       ``(b) Limitation.--A degree may not be conferred under this 
     section unless--
       ``(1) the Secretary of Education has recommended approval 
     of the degree in accordance with the Federal Policy Governing 
     Granting of Academic Degrees by Federal Agencies; and
       ``(2) the United States Army Armament Graduate School is 
     accredited by the appropriate civilian academic accrediting 
     agency or organization to award the degree, as determined by 
     the Secretary of Education.
       ``(c) Congressional Notification Requirements.--(1) When 
     seeking to establish degree

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     granting authority under this section, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives--
       ``(A) a copy of the self-assessment questionnaire required 
     by the Federal Policy Governing Granting of Academic Degrees 
     by Federal Agencies, at the time the assessment is submitted 
     to the Department of Education's National Advisory Committee 
     on Institutional Quality and Integrity; and
       ``(B) the subsequent recommendations and rationale of the 
     Secretary of Education regarding the establishment of the 
     degree granting authority.
       ``(2) Upon any modification or redesignation of existing 
     degree granting authority, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the House of Representatives a report containing the 
     rationale for the proposed modification or redesignation and 
     any subsequent recommendation of the Secretary of Education 
     on the proposed modification or redesignation.
       ``(3) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report containing an explanation of any 
     action by the appropriate academic accrediting agency or 
     organization not to accredit the United States Army Armament 
     Graduate School to award any new or existing degree.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 751 of such title is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new item:

``7422. Degree granting authority for United States Army Armament 
              Graduate School.''.
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