HR 4943 · 102th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
Patriots of Peace Service Act of 1992
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.(1992-04-23)
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Patriots of Peace Service Act of 1992 - Title I: Reduction in the Costs of Operating the Military Service Academies - Requires the Secretary of Defense to reduce the costs of providing an education at U.S. military academies so that, by January 1, 1995, the average cost per student of operating each service academy is: (1) approximately equal; and (2) not more than ten percent greater than the average cost per nonacademy student at the ten top-ranked institutions of higher education in the United States. Requires the Secretary to further reduce such operating costs for each fiscal year after enactment of this Act to achieve a reduction in expenditures equal to 50 percent of the cost for that year of providing scholarships under title II of this Act. Authorizes the Secretary, in order to achieve such cost reductions, to reduce the number of appointments made to the service academies for classes entering after the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding the current authorized strengths of military students at such academies. Expresses the sense of the Congress that savings achieved as the result of such cost reductions should be used to provide funds for the operation of the title II …
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