COST REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL RECEIVING INSTRUCTION AT THE AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

SEC. 533. COST REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR PERSONNEL RECEIVING INSTRUCTION AT THE AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.(a) Reimbursement From Other Services.—Section 9314 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) Reimbursement.—(1) The Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of Homeland Security shall bear the cost of the instruction at the Air Force Institute of Technology that is received by members of the armed forces detailed for that instruction by the Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Homeland Security, respectively.“(2) Members of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard may only be detailed for instruction at the Institute on a space-available basis.“(3) In the case of an enlisted member of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard permitted to receive instruction at the Institute, the Secretary of the Air Force shall charge that member only for such costs and fees as the Secretary considers appropriate (taking into consideration the admission of enlisted members on a space-available basis).”.(b) Stylistic Amendments.—(1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended by inserting “Authority to Confer Degrees.—” after “(a)”.(2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by inserting “Civilian Faculty.—” after “(b)”.(c) Clarifying Amendment.—Subsection (a) of such section is further amended—(1) by striking “When the” and all that follows through “the Commander” and inserting “(1) The Commander”;(2) by striking “that Institute” and inserting “the United States Air Force Institute of Technology”; and117 STAT. 1474(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) The authority under this subsection to confer a degree is effective only during a period when the United States Air Force Institute of Technology is accredited with respect to the award of that degree by a nationally recognized accreditation association or authority.”.