S.Amdt. 3253

SA 3253. Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Pryor) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 84, between the matter following line 13 and line 14, insert the following:

SEC. 535. QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT AS DEAN OF THE FACULTY AT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY.

Section 9335(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the second sentence the following: “, except that, if the Dean is not an officer of the Air Force on active duty, the Dean shall be a retired officer or former officer of the Air Force, and a person may not be appointed or assigned as Dean unless that person holds the highest academic degree in that person's academic field”.