S.Amdt. 526

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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