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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 6957a. Exchange program with foreign military academies
(a) Exchange Program Authorized. - The Secretary of the Navy may
permit a student enrolled at a military academy of a foreign
country to receive instruction at the Naval Academy in exchange for
a midshipman receiving instruction at that foreign military academy
pursuant to an exchange agreement entered into between the
Secretary and appropriate officials of the foreign country.
Students receiving instruction at the Academy under the exchange
program shall be in addition to persons receiving instruction at
the Academy under section 6957 of this title.
(b) Limitations on Number and Duration of Exchanges. - An
exchange agreement under this section between the Secretary and a
foreign country shall provide for the exchange of students on a
one-for-one basis each fiscal year. Not more than 24 midshipmen and
a comparable number of students from all foreign military academies
participating in the exchange program may be exchanged during any
fiscal year. The duration of an exchange may not exceed the
equivalent of one academic semester at the Naval Academy.
(c) Costs and Expenses. - (1) A student from a military academy
of a foreign country is not entitled to the pay, allowances, and
emoluments of a midshipman by reason of attendance at the Naval
Academy under the exchange program, and the Department of Defense
may not incur any cost of international travel required for
transportation of such a student to and from the sponsoring foreign
country.
(2) The Secretary may provide a student from a foreign country
under the exchange program, during the period of the exchange, with
subsistence, transportation within the continental United States,
clothing, health care, and other services to the same extent that
the foreign country provides comparable support and services to the
exchanged midshipman in that foreign country.
(3) The Naval Academy shall bear all costs of the exchange
program from funds appropriated for the Academy. Expenditures in
support of the exchange program may not exceed $120,000 during any
fiscal year.
(d) Application of Other Laws. - Subsections (c) and (d) of
section 6957 of this title shall apply with respect to a student
enrolled at a military academy of a foreign country while attending
the Naval Academy under the exchange program.
(e) Regulations. - The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to
implement this section. Such regulations may include qualification
criteria and methods of selection for students of foreign military
academies to participate in the exchange program.
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