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 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2213

review, determines that such authority is not available, the Secretary should also consider whether such authority should be available and whether there should be authority to waive the restrictions under certain circumstances. (b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report containing the results of the review not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) INTERIM AUTHORITY.—A current institution that has more than 70 students and is providing support to another educational institutional with more than 70 students and has been providing for the assignment of instructors from one school to the other may continue to provide such support until 180 days following receipt of the report under subsection (b).

PART IV—OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS SEC. 543. EXPANDED ELIGIBILITY FOR ENLISTED MEMBERS FOR INSTRUCTION AT NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL.

(a) CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS AND COURSES.—Subparagraph (C) of subsection (a)(2) of section 7045 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Navy or Marine Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘armed forces’’. (b) GRADUATE-LEVEL INSTRUCTION.—Such subsection is further amended— (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph (D): ‘‘(D)(i) The Secretary may permit an eligible enlisted member of the armed forces to receive graduate-level instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School in a program leading to a master’s degree in a technical, analytical, or engineering curriculum. ‘‘(ii) To be eligible to be provided instruction under this subparagraph, the enlisted member must have been awarded a baccalaureate degree by an institution of higher education. ‘‘(iii) Instruction under this subparagraph may be provided only on a space-available basis. ‘‘(iv) An enlisted member who successfully completes a course of instruction under this subparagraph may be awarded a master’s degree under section 7048 of this title. ‘‘(v) Instruction under this subparagraph shall be provided pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Such regulations may include criteria for eligibility of enlisted members for instruction under this subparagraph and specification of obligations for further service in the armed forces relating to receipt of such instruction.’’. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section is further amended— (1) in subparagraph (E) of subsection (a)(2), as redesignated by subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘and (C)’’ and inserting ‘‘(C), and (D)’’; and (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘(a)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(2)(E)’’.

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