Admission of foreigners for instruction: restrictions; conditions

§ 6957. Admission of foreigners for instruction: restrictions; conditions (a) No person from a foreign country may be permitted to receive instruction at the Naval Academy except as authorized by this section. (b) The Secretary of the Navy may permit persons designated by the President to receive instruction at the Academy as follows: (1) Not more than 20 at a time from Canada and the American Republics other than the United States. (2) Not more than four at a time from the Republic of the Philippines. Of the 20 persons permitted under clause (1) to receive instruction at the Academy at any one time, not more than three may be from the same country. (c) A person receiving instruction under this section is entitled to the same pay and allowances, to be paid from the same appropriations, as midshipmen. (d) Except as the Secretary 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. However, a person receiving instruction under this section is not entitled to an appointment in the Navy or the Marine Corps by reason of his graduation from the Academy.