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 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 111 STAT. 1741 shall be in addition to persons receiving instruction at the Academy under section 4344 of this title. " (b) LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER AND DURATION OF EXCHANGES.— An exchange agreement under this section between the Secretary and a foreign country shall provide for the exchange of students on a one-for-one basis each fiscal year. Not more than 10 cadets and a comparable number of students from all foreign military academies participating in the exchange program may be exchanged during any fiscal year. The duration of an exchange may not exceed the equivalent of one academic semester at the Academy. "(c) COSTS AND EXPENSES.—(1) A student from a military academy of a foreign country is not entitled to the pay, allowances, and emoluments of a cadet by reason of attendance at the Academy under the exchange program, and the Department of Defense may not incur any cost of international travel required for transportation of such a student to and from the sponsoring foreign country. "(2) The Secretary may provide a student from a foreign country under the exchange program, during the period of the exchange, with subsistence, transportation within the continental United States, clothing, health care, and other services to the same extent that the foreign country provides comparable support and services to the exchanged cadet in that foreign country. "(3) The Academy shall bear all costs of the exchange program from funds appropriated for the Academy. Expenditures in support of the exchange program may not exceed $50,000 during any fiscal year. " (d) APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS. — Subsections (c) and (d) of section 4344 of this title shall apply with respect to a student enrolled at a military academy of a foreign country while attending the Academy under the exchange program. "(e) REGULATIONS.— The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to implement this section. Such regulations may include qualification criteria and methods of selection for students of foreign military academies to participate in the exchange program.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 4344 the following new item: "4345. Exchange program with foreign military academies.". (b) NAVAL ACADEMY. —(1) Chapter 603 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 6957 the following new section; "§ 6957a. Exchange program with foreign military academies " (a) EXCHANGE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— The Secretary of the Navy may permit a student enrolled at a military academy of a foreign country to receive instruction at the Naval Academy in exchange for a midshipman receiving instruction at that foreign military academy pursuant to an exchange agreement entered into between the Secretary and appropriate officials of the foreign country. Students receiving instruction at the Academy under the exchange program shall be in addition to persons receiving instruction at the Academy under section 6957 of this title. " (b) LIMITATIONS ON NUMBER AND DURATION OF EXCHANGES.— An exchange agreement under this section between the Secretary and a foreign country shall provide for the exchange of students

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