Sec. 554. Modification of authority to engage in funded and unfunded law education programs
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Section 2004 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— by inserting
(1)after
(a); by striking doctor. No more than and inserting the following: “doctor. Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, the military departments may fund educational expenses for members of the armed forces detailed as students at law schools. No more than twenty-five officers and enlisted members from each military department may commence such training in any single fiscal year. ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Pursuant to regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, the military departments may also detail members of the armed forces as students at law schools without funding any educational expenses. Members detailed as students pursuant to this paragraph shall not count against the limitation described in paragraph (2). ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively; by inserting
(A)for those members detailed pursuant to subsection (a)(1), after
(1); in clause (ii), as redesignated by clause
(i)of this subparagraph, by adding or after the semicolon; and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: for those members detailed pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, either— have served on active duty for a period of not less than two years nor more than eight years and be an officer in the pay grade O-3 or below as of the time the training is to begin; or have served on active duty for a period of not less than four years nor more than ten years and be an enlisted member in the pay grade of E-5, E-6, or E-7 as of the time the training is to begin; ; and in paragraph (3)(C), by striking period of two years and inserting “period of— two years for each year or part thereof of legal training provided under subsection (a)(1); or one year for each year or part thereof of legal training provided under subsection (a)(2). . Section 502(b) of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to deprive service members detailed or assigned as students full time by the Service or Department concerned to a civilian institution to pursue a program of education that is substantially the same as programs of education offered to civilians of pay and allowances to which otherwise entitled by law or Departmental regulations. .