LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF STARBASE ACADEMIES IN A STATE.

SEC. 519. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF STARBASE ACADEMIES IN A STATE. Paragraph (3) of section 2193b(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(3)(A) Except as otherwise provided under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may not support the establishment in any State of more than two academies under the program.“(B) The Secretary may support the establishment and operation of an academy in a State in excess of two academies in that State if the Secretary expressly waives, in writing, the limitation in subparagraph (A) with respect to that State. In the case of any such waiver, appropriated funds may be used for the establishment and operation of an academy in excess of two in that State only to the extent that appropriated funds are expressly available for that purpose. Any such waiver shall be made under criteria to be prescribed by the Secretary.”.