PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 607 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The Secretary of Defense shall implement the program under section 2111b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), with students entering the senior military colleges after May 1, 2000. (c) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISION. — Section 2111a(e)(l) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence. (d) FISCAL YEAR 2000 FUNDING.— Of the amounts made available to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section 301, $2,000,000 shall be available for financial support for international students under section 2111b of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). SEC. 542. AUTHORITY FOR ARMY WAR COLLEGE TO AWARD DEGREE OF MASTER OF STRATEGIC STUDIES. (a) AUTHORITY. —Chapter 401 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: § 4321. United States Army War College: master of strategic studies degree "Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, the Commandant of the United States Army War College, upon the recommendation of the faculty and dean of the college, may confer the degree of master of strategic studies upon graduates of the college who have fulfilled the requirements for that degree.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "4321. United States Army War College: master of strategic studies degree.". SEC. 543. AUTHORITY FOR AIR UNIVERSITY TO CONFER GRADUATE- LEVEL DEGREES. (a) IN GENERAL.— Subsection (a) of section 9317 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) AUTHORITY.— Upon the recommendation of the faculty of the appropriate school of the Air University, the commander of the Air University may confer— "(1) the degree of master of strategic studies upon graduates of the Air War College who fulfill the requirements for that degree; "(2) the degree of master of military operational art and science upon graduates of the Air Command and Staff College who fulfill the requirements for that degree; and "(3) the degree of master of airpower art and science upon graduates of the School of Advanced Airpower Studies who fiilfill the requirements for that degree.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) The heading for that section is amended to read: "§ 9317. Air University: graduate-level degrees'*. (2) The item relating to that section in the table of sections at the beginning of chapter 901 of such title is amended to read as follows: "9317. Air University: graduate-level degrees.". 10 USC 2111b note. Regulations.
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