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[CITE: 10USC9345]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                          Subtitle D--Air Force
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
              CHAPTER 903--UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY
 
Sec. 9345. Exchange program with foreign military academies

    (a) Exchange Program Authorized.--The Secretary of the Air Force may 
permit a student enrolled at a military academy of a foreign country to 
receive instruction at the Air Force Academy in exchange for an Air 
Force cadet receiving instruction at that foreign military academy 
pursuant to an exchange agreement entered into between the Secretary and 
appropriate officials of the foreign country. Students receiving 
instruction at the Academy under the exchange program shall be in 
addition to persons receiving instruction at the Academy under section 
9344 of this title.
    (b) Limitations on Number and Duration of Exchanges.--An exchange 
agreement under this section between the Secretary and a foreign country 
shall provide for the exchange of students on a one-for-one basis each 
fiscal year. Not more than 24 Air Force cadets and a comparable number 
of students from all foreign military academies participating in the 
exchange program may be exchanged during any fiscal year. The duration 
of an exchange may not exceed the equivalent of one academic semester at 
the Air Force Academy.
    (c) Costs and Expenses.--(1) A student from a military academy of a 
foreign country is not entitled to the pay, allowances, and emoluments 
of an Air Force cadet by reason of attendance at the Air Force Academy 
under the exchange program, and the Department of Defense may not incur 
any cost of international travel required for transportation of such a 
student to and from the sponsoring foreign country.
    (2) The Secretary may provide a student from a foreign country under 
the exchange program, during the period of the exchange, with 
subsistence, transportation within the continental United States, 
clothing, health care, and other services to the same extent that the 
foreign country provides comparable support and services to the 
exchanged Air Force cadet in that foreign country.
    (3) The Air Force Academy shall bear all costs of the exchange 
program from funds appropriated for the Academy. Expenditures in support 
of the exchange program may not exceed $120,000 during any fiscal year.
    (d) Application of Other Laws.--Subsections (c) and (d) of section 
9344 of this title shall apply with respect to a student enrolled at a 
military academy of a foreign country while attending the Air Force 
Academy under the exchange program.
    (e) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to 
implement this section. Such regulations may include qualification 
criteria and methods of selection for students of foreign military 
academies to participate in the exchange program.

(Added Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title V, Sec. 542(c)(1), Nov. 18, 1997, 
111 Stat. 1742; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 535(c), 
Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 606.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 9345, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 565, 
related to selection of Filipinos for instruction at the Air Force 
Academy, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98-94, title X, Sec. 1004(c)(2), 
(d), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 660, effective one year after Sept. 24, 
1983.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 535(c)(1), substituted ``24 
Air Force cadets'' for ``10 Air Force cadets''.
    Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 535(c)(2), substituted 
``$120,000'' for ``$50,000''.
