Ill STAT. 1744 PUBLIC LAW 105-85—NOV. 18, 1997 10 USC 4344 note. 10 USC 2111a note. 10 USC 2111a note. the reimbursement rates may not be less than the cost to the United States of providing such instruction, including pay, allowances, and emoluments, to a midshipman appointed from the United States."; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) The amount of reimbursement waived under paragraph (2) may not exceed 35 percent of the per-person reimbursement amount otherwise required to be psiid by a foreign country under such paragraph, except in the case of not more than five persons receiving instruction at the Naval Academy under this section at any one time.". (c) AIR FORCE ACADEMY.— Section 9344(b) of such title is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ", except that the reimbursement rates may not be less than the cost to the United States of providing such instruction, including pay, allowances, and emoluments, to a cadet appointed from the United States."; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) The amount of reimbursement waived under paragraph (2) may not exceed 35 percent of the per-person reimbursement amount otherwise required to be paid by a foreign country under such paragraph, except in the case of not more than five persons receiving instruction at the Air Force Academy under this section at any one time.". (d) EFFECTIVE DATE, —The amendments made by this section apply with respect to students from a foreign country entering the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy on or after May 1, 1998. SEC. 544. CONTINUATION OF SUPPORT TO SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES. (a) DEFINITION OF SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES. —For purposes of this section, the term "senior military colleges" means the following: (1) Texas A&M University. (2) Norwich University. (3) The Virginia Military Institute. (4) The Citadel. (5) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. (6) North Georgia College and State University. (b) FINDINGS. —Congress finds the following: (1) The senior military colleges consistently have provided substantial numbers of highly qualified, long-serving leaders to the Armed Forces. (2) The quality of the military leaders produced by the senior military colleges is, in part, the result of the rigorous military environment imposed on students attending the senior military colleges by the colleges, as well as the result of the long-standing close support relationship between the Corps of Cadets at each college and the Reserve Officer Training Corps personnel at the colleges who serve as effective leadership role models and mentors. (3) In recognition of the quality of the young leaders produced by the senior military colleges, the Department of
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