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Title V: MILITARY PERSONNEL POLICY

Sec. 521 — Ineligibility of a national of a non-allied foreign nation to attend a Service Academy

TL;DR

In this subsection, the term covered nation has the meaning given such term in section 4872 of this title..

Statutory text

Section 347 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and(2)by inserting, after subsection (c), the following new subsection (d):

(d) Ineligibility of foreign nationals from certain countries

(1) A person who is a foreign national of a covered nation may not receive instruction at or otherwise attend a Service Academy pursuant to this section.

(2) In this subsection, the term covered nation has the meaning given such term in section 4872 of this title..