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[CITE: 10USC2165]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
               CHAPTER 108--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SCHOOLS
 
Sec. 2165. National Defense University: component institutions

    (a) In General.--There is a National Defense University in the 
Department of Defense.
    (b) Component Institutions.--The National Defense University 
consists of the following institutions:
        (1) The National War College.
        (2) The Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
        (3) The Joint Forces Staff College.
        (4) The Institute for National Strategic Studies.
        (5) The Information Resources Management College.
        (6) The Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.
        (7) Any other educational institution of the Department of 
    Defense that the Secretary considers appropriate and designates as 
    an institution of the university.

    (c) Source of Funds for Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies.--
Funds available for the payment of personnel expenses under the Latin 
American cooperation authority set forth in section 1050 of this title 
are also available for the costs of the operation of the Center for 
Hemispheric Defense Studies.

(Added and amended Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title IX, Secs. 921(a)(1), 
922(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1862, 1863; Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, 
title IX, Secs. 904, 905(a), Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2093; Pub. L. 106-
398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 913(b)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 
1654, 1654A-230.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``Joint Forces 
Staff College'' for ``Armed Forces Staff College''.
    1998--Subsec. (b)(7). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 904, added par. (7).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 905(a), added subsec. (c).
    1997--Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 105-85, Sec. 922(a), added par. (6).

                         Change of Name

    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 913(a), (c)], Oct. 
30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-230, provided that:
    ``(a) Change in Name.--The Armed Forces Staff College of the 
Department of Defense is hereby renamed the `Joint Forces Staff 
College'.
    ``(c) References.--Any reference to the Armed Forces Staff College 
in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the 
United States shall be considered to be a reference to the Joint Forces 
Staff College.''


            Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs

    Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 914, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 
721, provided that:
    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs as part of the National 
Defense University. The Center shall be organized under the Institute 
for National Strategic Studies of the University.
    ``(b) Qualifications of Director.--The Director of the Center shall 
be an individual who is a distinguished scholar of proven academic, 
management, and leadership credentials with a superior record of 
achievement and publication regarding Chinese political, strategic, and 
military affairs.
    ``(c) Mission.--The mission of the Center is to study and inform 
policymakers in the Department of Defense, Congress, and throughout the 
Government regarding the national goals and strategic posture of the 
People's Republic of China and the ability of that nation to develop, 
field, and deploy an effective military instrument in support of its 
national strategic objectives. The Center shall accomplish that mission 
by a variety of means intended to widely disseminate the research 
findings of the Center.
    ``(d) Startup of Center.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
the Center for the Study of Chinese Military Affairs not later than 
March 1, 2000. The first Director of the Center shall be appointed not 
later than June 1, 2000. The Center should be fully operational not 
later than June 1, 2001.
    ``(e) Implementation Report.--(1) Not later than January 1, 2001, 
the President of the National Defense University shall submit to the 
Secretary of Defense a report setting forth the President's 
organizational plan for the Center for the Study of Chinese Military 
Affairs, the proposed budget for the Center, and the timetable for 
initial and full operations of the Center. The President of the National 
Defense University shall prepare that report in consultation with the 
Director of the Center and the Director of the Institute for National 
Strategic Studies of the University.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall transmit the report under 
paragraph (1), together with whatever comments the Secretary considers 
appropriate, to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives not later 
than February 1, 2001.''
