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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
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  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 10USC9317]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
                     CHAPTER 901--TRAINING GENERALLY
 
Sec. 9317. Air University: graduate-level degrees

    (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 fulfill the 
    requirements for that degree.

    (b) Regulations.--The authority provided by subsection (a) shall be 
exercised under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air 
Force.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IX, Sec. 913(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 2828; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 543(a), 
(b)(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 607.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 543(b)(1), substituted ``graduate-level 
degrees'' for ``master of airpower art and science'' in section 
catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 543(a), amended heading and text 
of subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: 
``Upon the recommendation of the faculty of the School of Advanced 
Airpower Studies of the Air University, the Commander of the university 
may confer the degree of master of airpower art and science upon 
graduates of the school who fulfill the requirements for the degree.''


                             Effective Date

    Section 913(b) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that: ``The authority 
provided by section 9317(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), shall become effective on the date on which the 
Secretary of Education determines that the requirements established by 
the School of Advanced Airpower Studies of the Air University for the 
degree of master of airpower art and science are in accordance with 
generally applicable requirements for a degree of master of arts or a 
degree of master of science.''
