Title 10 — Armed Forces
Part III · Chapter 101 — Training Generally
§ 2017. Limitation on establishment of postsecondary educational institutions pending notice to Congress
Statutory text
Limitation.—
The Secretary of Defense may not establish a postsecondary educational institution within the Department of Defense until a period of one year has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees of the intent of the Secretary to establish the institution.
Postsecondary Educational Institution Defined.—
In this section, the term “postsecondary educational institution” means a school or other educational institution that is intended to provide students with a course of instruction that is comparable, in length and academic rigor, to a course of instruction for which an associate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree may be awarded.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
Pub. L. 116–92 div. A title V § 553(b)(1) · 133 Stat. 1198
Enacted · 10 U.S.C. § 2017
(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1387.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(1), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1387.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) In general.— Chapter 101 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 2017. Limitation on establishment of postsecondary educational institutions pending notice to Congress “(a) Limitation.— The Secretary of Defense may not establish a postsecondary educational institution within the Department of Defense until a period of one year has elapsed following the date on which the Secretary notifies the congressional defense committees of the intent of the Secretary to establish the institution. “(b) Postsecondary Educational Institution Defined.— In this section, the term ‘postsecondary educational institution’ means a school or other educational institution that is intended to provide students with a course of instruction that is comparable, in length and academic rigor, to a course of instruction for which an associate’s, bachelor’s, or graduate degree may be awarded.” .
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Applicability
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(3), , 133 Stat. 1387, provided that: “Section 2017 of title 10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), shall apply with respect to postsecondary educational institutions intended to be established by the Secretary of Defense on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
Credits
(Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 553(b)(1), , 133 Stat. 1387.)