REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR INSTRUCTION AT SERVICE ACADEMIES OF PERSONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

SEC. 543. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR INSTRUCTION AT SERVICE ACADEMIES OF PERSONS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (a) United States Military Academy.—Section 4344(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, 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 cadet appointed from the United States.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The amount of reimbursement waived under paragraph (2) may not exceed 35 percent of the per-person reimbursement amount otherwise required to be paid by a foreign country under such paragraph, except in the case of not more than five persons receiving instruction at the Academy under this section at any one time.”. (b) Naval Academy.—Section 6957(b) of such title is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, except that 111 STAT. 1744the 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.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The amount of reimbursement waived under paragraph (2) may not exceed 35 percent of the per-person reimbursement amount otherwise required to be paid by a foreign country under such paragraph, except in the case of not more than five persons receiving instruction at the Naval Academy under this section at any one time.”. (c) Air Force Academy.—Section 9344(b) of such title is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “, 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 cadet appointed from the United States.”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) The amount of reimbursement waived under paragraph (2) may not exceed 35 percent of the per-person reimbursement amount otherwise required to be paid by a foreign country under such paragraph, except in the case of not more than five persons receiving instruction at the Air Force Academy under this section at any one time.”. (d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section apply with respect to students from a foreign country entering the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy on or after May 1, 1998.