119 STAT. 3244
PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006
‘‘§ 9417. Air War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes ‘‘(a) ACCEPTANCE OF RESEARCH GRANTS.—The Secretary of the Air Force may authorize the Commandant of the Air War College to accept qualifying research grants. Any such grant may only be accepted if the work under the grant is to be carried out by a professor or instructor of the College for a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. ‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GRANTS.—A qualifying research grant under this section is a grant that is awarded on a competitive basis by an entity referred to in subsection (c) for a research project with a scientific, literary, or educational purpose. ‘‘(c) ENTITIES FROM WHICH GRANTS MAY BE ACCEPTED.—A grant may be accepted under this section only from a corporation, fund, foundation, educational institution, or similar entity that is organized and operated primarily for scientific, literary, or educational purposes. ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION OF GRANT FUNDS.—The Secretary shall establish an account for administering funds received as research grants under this section. The Commandant shall use the funds in the account in accordance with applicable provisions of the regulations and the terms and condition of the grants received. ‘‘(e) RELATED EXPENSES.—Subject to such limitations as may be provided in appropriations Acts, appropriations available for the Air War College may be used to pay expenses incurred by the College in applying for, and otherwise pursuing, the award of qualifying research grants. ‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe regulations for the administration of this section.’’. (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ‘‘9417. Air War College: acceptance of grants for faculty research for scientific, literary, and educational purposes.’’.
PART II—UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL SEC. 523. REVISION TO MISSION OF THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL.
(a) INCLUSION OF PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES.—The text of section 7041 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘There is a United States Naval Postgraduate School, the primary function of which is to provide advanced instruction and professional and technical education and research opportunities for commissioned officers of the naval service in— ‘‘(1) their practical and theoretical duties; ‘‘(2) the science, physics, and systems engineering of current and future naval warfare doctrine, operations, and systems; and ‘‘(3) the integration of naval operations and systems into joint, combined, and multinational operations.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 7042(b)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘and technical education of students’’ and
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