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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 6957. Selection of persons from foreign countries
(a)(1) The Secretary of the Navy may permit not more than 60
persons at any one time from foreign countries to receive
instruction at the Academy. Such persons shall be in addition to
the authorized strength of the midshipmen under section 6954 of
this title.
(2) The Secretary of the Navy, upon approval by the Secretary of
Defense, shall determine the countries from which persons may be
selected for appointment under this section and the number of
persons that may be selected from each country. The Secretary of
the Navy may establish entrance qualifications and methods of
competition for selection among individual applicants under this
section and shall select those persons who will be permitted to
receive instruction at the Academy under this section.
(3) In selecting persons to receive instruction under this
section from among applicants from the countries approved under
paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Navy shall give a priority to
persons who have a national service obligation to their countries
upon graduation from the Academy.
(b)(1) A person receiving instruction under this section is
entitled to the pay, allowances, and emoluments of a midshipman
appointed from the United States, and from the same appropriations.
(2) Each foreign country from which a midshipman is permitted to
receive instruction at the Academy under this section shall
reimburse the United States for the cost of providing such
instruction, including the cost of pay, allowances, and emoluments
provided under paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Navy shall
prescribe the rates for reimbursement under this paragraph, except
that the reimbursement rates may not be less than the cost to the
United States of providing such instruction, including pay,
allowances, and emoluments, to a midshipman appointed from the
United States.
(3) The Secretary of Defense may waive, in whole or in part, the
requirement for reimbursement of the cost of instruction for a
midshipman under paragraph (2). In the case of a partial waiver,
the Secretary shall establish the amount waived.
(c)(1) Except as the Secretary of the Navy determines, a person
receiving instruction under this section is subject to the same
regulations governing admission, attendance, discipline,
resignation, discharge, dismissal, and graduation as a midshipman
at the Academy appointed from the United States. The Secretary may
prescribe regulations with respect to access to classified
information by a person receiving instruction under this section
that differ from the regulations that apply to a midshipman at the
Academy appointed from the United States.
(2) A person receiving instruction under this section is not
entitled to an appointment in an armed force of the United States
by reason of graduation from the Academy.
(d) A person receiving instruction under this section is not
subject to section 6958(d) of this title.
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