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[CITE: 10USC2200a]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                    PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
 
          CHAPTER 112--INFORMATION SECURITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
 
Sec. 2200a. Scholarship program

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may, subject to subsection 
(g), provide financial assistance in accordance with this section to a 
person--
        (1) who is pursuing an associate, baccalaureate, or advanced 
    degree, or a certification, in an information assurance discipline 
    referred to in section 2200(a) of this title at an institution of 
    higher education; and
        (2) who enters into an agreement with the Secretary as described 
    in subsection (b).

    (b) Service Agreement for Scholarship Recipients.--(1) To receive 
financial assistance under this section--
        (A) a member of the armed forces shall enter into an agreement 
    to serve on active duty in the member's armed force for the period 
    of obligated service determined under paragraph (2);
        (B) an employee of the Department of Defense shall enter into an 
    agreement to continue in the employment of the department for the 
    period of obligated service determined under paragraph (2); and
        (C) a person not referred to in subparagraph (A) or (B) shall 
    enter into an agreement--
            (i) to enlist or accept a commission in one of the armed 
        forces and to serve on active duty in that armed force for the 
        period of obligated service determined under paragraph (2); or
            (ii) to accept and continue employment in the Department of 
        Defense for the period of obligated service determined under 
        paragraph (2).

    (2) For the purposes of this subsection, the period of obligated 
service for a recipient of financial assistance under this section shall 
be the period determined by the Secretary of Defense as being 
appropriate to obtain adequate service in exchange for the financial 
assistance and otherwise to achieve the goals set forth in section 
2200(a) of this title. In no event may the period of service required of 
a recipient be less than the period equal to three-fourths of the total 
period of pursuit of a degree for which the Secretary agrees to provide 
the recipient with financial assistance under this section. The period 
of obligated service is in addition to any other period for which the 
recipient is obligated to serve on active duty or in the civil service, 
as the case may be.
    (3) An agreement entered into under this section by a person 
pursuing an academic degree shall include terms that provide the 
following:
        (A) That the period of obligated service begins on a date after 
    the award of the degree that is determined under the regulations 
    prescribed under section 2200d of this title.
        (B) That the person will maintain satisfactory academic 
    progress, as determined in accordance with those regulations, and 
    that failure to maintain such progress constitutes grounds for 
    termination of the financial assistance for the person under this 
    section.
        (C) Any other terms and conditions that the Secretary of Defense 
    determines appropriate for carrying out this section.

    (c) Amount of Assistance.--The amount of the financial assistance 
provided for a person under this section shall be the amount determined 
by the Secretary of Defense as being necessary to pay all educational 
expenses incurred by that person, including tuition, fees, cost of 
books, laboratory expenses, and expenses of room and board. The expenses 
paid, however, shall be limited to those educational expenses normally 
incurred by students at the institution of higher education involved.
    (d) Use of Assistance for Support of Internships.--The financial 
assistance for a person under this section may also be provided to 
support internship activities of the person at the Department of Defense 
in periods between the academic years leading to the degree for which 
assistance is provided the person under this section.
    (e) Refund for Period of Unserved Obligated Service.--(1) A person 
who voluntarily terminates service before the end of the period of 
obligated service required under an agreement entered into under 
subsection (b) shall refund to the United States an amount determined by 
the Secretary of Defense as being appropriate to obtain adequate service 
in exchange for financial assistance and otherwise to achieve the goals 
set forth in section 2200(a) of this title.
    (2) An obligation to reimburse the United States imposed under 
paragraph (1) is for all purposes a debt owed to the United States.
    (3) The Secretary of Defense may waive, in whole or in part, a 
refund required under paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that 
recovery would be against equity and good conscience or would be 
contrary to the best interests of the United States.
    (f) Effect of Discharge in Bankruptcy.--A discharge in bankruptcy 
under title 11 that is entered less than five years after the 
termination of an agreement under this section does not discharge the 
person signing such agreement from a debt arising under such agreement 
or under subsection (e).
    (g) Allocation of Funding.--Not less than 50 percent of the amount 
available for financial assistance under this section for a fiscal year 
shall be available only for providing financial assistance for the 
pursuit of degrees referred to in subsection (a) at institutions of 
higher education that have established, improved, or are administering 
programs of education in information assurance under the grant program 
established in section 2200b of this title, as determined by the 
Secretary of Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 922(a)(1)], 
Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-234.)
