Sec. 364. Public service cadet program at military service academies
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The Superintendent of each military service academy, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, shall develop a plan to create a program for the instruction of and preparation for public service of certain cadets at such service academy, in accordance with subsection (b). The plan described in subsection
(a)shall— provide for the appointment of cadets to a public service cadet program representing at least 5 percent of the total incoming class at each academy, with no corresponding decline in enrollment of military cadets or midshipmen; require that each graduate of the public service cadet program accept an appointment to the Federal civil service and commit to serve in the Federal civil service for a period of 5 years after such appointment; provide a process for any graduate who does not serve in a position in the Federal civil service or who resigns from a position in the Federal civil service before the expiration of the 5-year service commitment to pay back the cost of the graduate’s education at the military service academy, consistent with requirements of military cadets or midshipmen, along with a process for the Superintendent to issue a waiver to all or part of such requirement; specify the training, curricular, and other requirements for public service cadets; address the applicability of the Uniform Code of Military Justice or alternative disciplinary procedures to public service cadets; and provide a detailed plan for implementing the public service cadet program, including the amount of time needed to implement the plan. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Superintendent of each military service academy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives the plan developed by such Superintendent under this section.