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PUBLIC LAW 93-365-AUG. 5, 1974

March 3, 1933, as amended (47 Stat. 1520; 41 U.S.C. 10a, 10b), popularly known as the Buy American Act, there is adequate consideration given to— (1) the bids or proposals of firms located in labor surplus areas in the United States as designated by the Department of Labor which have offered to furnish American goods; (2) the bids or proposals of small business firms in the United States which have offered to furnish American goods; (3) the bids or proposals of all other firms in the United States which have offered to furnish American goods; (4) the United States balance of payments; (5) the cost of shipping goods which are other than American goods; and (6) any duty, tariff, or surcharge which ma,y enter into the cost of using goods which are other than American goods. (b) For purposes of this section, the term "goods which are other than American goods'' means (1) an end product which has not been mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States, or (2) an end product manufactured in the United States but the cost of the components thereof which are not mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States exceeds the cost of components mined, produced, or manufactured in the United States. SEC. 708. (a) Chapter 401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by adding the following new section at the end thereof: degree "Lender regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, and with the approval of a nationally recognized civilian accrediting association approved by the Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College may upon recommendation by the faculty confer the degree of master of military art and science upon graduates of the college who have fulfilled the following degree requirements: a minimum of thirty semester hours of graduate credit, including a masters thesis of six to eight semester hours, and a demonstration of competence in the discipline of military art and science as evidenced by satisfactory performance on a general comprehensive examination. These requirements may be altered only with the approval of such association. The Secretary of the Army shall report annually to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives the following information: (1) the criteria which must be met to entitle a student to award of the degree, (2) whether such crit:eria have changed in any respect during the reporting year, (3) the number of students in the most recent resident course graduating class, (4) the number of such students who were enrolled in the master of military art and science program, and (5) the number of students successfully completing the master of military art and science program."; and (2) by adding the following new item at the end of the analysis of such chapter:
 * § 4314. United States Army Command and General Staff College

" G o o d s which are other than American goods.'

10 USC 4314.

Master of military art and s c i e n c e, degree requirements.

Report to congressional committees.

"4314. United States Army Command and General Staff College degree."

(b) The Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College may confer the degree of master of military art and science upon graduates of the college who have completed the requirements for that degree since 1964 but prior to the enactment of this Act; but the number of such degrees awarded for such period may not exceed two hundred.

Retroactive degree conferral, limitation.

10 USC 4314 note.

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