Bill SponsorBILLSPONSOR
Bill Sponsor
Politicians
Bills
House Bill 3084
116th Congress(2019-2020)
The Military Service Academy Foundation Act of 2019
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jun 4, 2019
Overview
Text
Introduced in House 
Jun 4, 2019
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Introduced in House(Jun 4, 2019)
Jun 4, 2019
Not Scanned for Linkage
About Linkage
Multiple bills can contain the same text. This could be an identical bill in the opposite chamber or a smaller bill with a section embedded in a larger bill.
Bill Sponsor regularly scans bill texts to find sections that are contained in other bill texts. When a matching section is found, the bills containing that section can be viewed by clicking "View Bills" within the bill text section.
Bill Sponsor is currently only finding exact word-for-word section matches. In a future release, partial matches will be included.
Jump To
H. R. 3084 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3084


To allow the Secretaries of the military departments to provide limited support to service academy supporting foundations.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 4, 2019

Mr. Bacon (for himself, Mr. Conaway, and Mr. Banks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To allow the Secretaries of the military departments to provide limited support to service academy supporting foundations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “The Military Service Academy Foundation Act of 2019”.

SEC. 2. Support of Military Service Academy foundations.

(a) Chapter 155 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

Ҥ 2616. Support of military service academy foundations

“(a) Authority.—

“(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary concerned may provide the following support to service academy supporting foundations:

“(A) PARTICIPATION.—Official participation of any general or flag officer or Senior Executive Service employee assigned to a service academy, or official designated by the Secretary concerned. Participation under this subparagraph is limited to charitable fundraising activities and membership drives.

“(B) ENDORSEMENT.—Endorsement of supporting foundations, their events, and activities by those individuals who, under subparagraph (A), may officially participate in charitable fundraising or membership drives.

“(C) LOGISTICAL SUPPORT.—Logistical support, provided without reimbursement, and limited to the use of Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security facilities and equipment (and the services of employees, necessary to make proper use of provided facilities or equipment), on a non-exclusive and non-interference basis, for an event or activity sponsored by the supporting foundation for the benefit of a service academy.

“(D) TRADEMARKS AND SERVICE MARKS.—Authorization to use any trademarks and service marks owned or controlled by the Secretary concerned for purposes of this section.

“(2) NO LIABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES.—Any support under paragraph (1) may only be provided without any liability of the United States to the supporting foundation.

“(b) Limitation.—The Secretary concerned shall ensure that support provided under subsection (a) does not—

“(1) reflect unfavorably on the ability of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, their employees, or any member of the armed forces to carry out any responsibility or duty in a fair and objective manner;

“(2) compromise the integrity or appearance of integrity of any program of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, or any individual involved in such a program;

“(3) conflict with the principles relating to gift solicitation, endorsement, and preferential treatment specified in section 2635 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, except as specifically authorized in subsection (a); or

“(4) utilize cadets or midshipmen to support the activities authorized in subsection (a).

“(c) Supporting foundations defined.—In this section, ‘supporting foundations’ are, as designated by the Secretary concerned, charitable, educational, or civic nonprofit organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that operate exclusively to support recruiting; parent, alumni, academic, leadership and character development; athletic programs; and institutional development of a service academy.”.

(b) Clerical amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:


“2616. Support of military service academy foundations.”.