AUTHORITY FOR THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY TO AWARD DEGREE OF MASTER OF STRATEGIC STUDIES.

SEC. 532. AUTHORITY FOR THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY TO AWARD DEGREE OF MASTER OF STRATEGIC STUDIES. (a) Marine Corps War College Degree.—Section 7102 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new sub-section (b): “(b) Marine Corps War College.—Upon the recommendation of the Director and faculty of the Marine Corps War College of the Marine Corps University, the President of the Marine Corps University may confer the degree of master of strategic studies upon graduates of the Marine Corps War College who fulfill the requirements for that degree”. (b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by striking “upon graduates” and all that follows 115 STAT. 1105and inserting “upon graduates of the Command and Staff College who fulfill the requirements for that degree.”. (2) Subsection (c) of such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is amended by striking “subsection (a)” and inserting “subsections (a) and (b)”. (3)(A) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§ 7102. Marine Corps University: masters degrees; board of advisors”. (B) The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 609 of such title is amended to read as follows: “7102. Marine Corps University: masters degrees; board of advisors.”. (c) Codification of Requirement for Board of Advisors.—(1) Section 7102 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Board of Advisors.—The Secretary of the Navy shall establish a board of advisors for the Marine Corps University. The Secretary shall ensure that the board is established so as to meet all requirements of the appropriate regional accrediting association.”. (2) Section 912 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103–337; 10 U.S.C. 7102 note) is repealed. (d) Effective Date.—The authority to confer the degree of master of strategic studies under section 7102(b) of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) may not be exercised until the Secretary of Education determines, and certifies to the President of the Marine Corps University, that the requirements established by the Marine Corps War College of the Marine Corps University for that degree are in accordance with generally applicable requirements for a degree of master of arts. Upon receipt of such a certification, the President of the University shall promptly transmit a copy of the certification to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives.