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PUBLIC LAW 103-337 —OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2829 become effective on the date on which the Secretary of Education determines that the requirements estabhshed 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. SEC. 914. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON GRADE OF HEADS OF SENIOR 10 USC note PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SCHOOLS. P^ec. 2161. It is the sense of Congress that an officer serving in a position as the head of one of the senior professional military education schools of the Department of Defense (or of the separate military departments) should, while so serving, hold a grade not less than the grade (or its equivalent) held by the officer serving in that position on the date of the enactment of this Act. Subtitle C—Other Matters SEC. 921. COMPOSITION OF RESERVE FORCES POLICY BOARD. Section 175(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking out "or Regular Marine Corps" ana inserting in lieu thereof "and an officer of the Regular Marine Corps each"; (2) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (8); (3) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (9) and inserting in lieu thereof"; and"; and (4) by adding at the end the following: "(10) an officer of the Regular Army, Regular Navy, Regular Air Force, or Regular Marine Corps serving in a position on the Joint Staff who is designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.". SEC. 922. CONTINUATION OF UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF 10 USC 2112 THE HEALTH SCIENCES. note. (a) CLOSURE PROHIBITED. —The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences may not be closed. (b) BUDGETARY COMMITMENT TO CONTINUATION.— I t is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should budget for the ongoing operation of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences as an institution of professional education that is vital to the education and training each year of significant numbers of personnel of the uniformed services for careers as uniformed services health care providers. (c) GAG EVALUATION.—Not later than June 1, 1995, the Reports. Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a detailed report on the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. The report shall include the following: (1) A comparison of the cost of obtaining physicians for the Armed Forces from the University with the cost of obtaining physicians from other sources. (2) An assessment of the retention rate needs of the Armed Forces for physicians in relation to the respective retention rates of physicians obtained from the University and physicigms obtained from other sources and the factors that contribute to retention rates among military physicians obtained from all sources.