- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: June 24, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 6181. Mr. WARNOCK (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of part I of subtitle F of title V, insert the
following:
SEC. 553. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ENROLLMENT IN
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION ACTIVITY
SCHOOLS.
Section 2164(n) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking “Reserve
Components” and inserting “Armed Forces”;
(2) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking “at the military installation that is the
permanent station of such member”;
(B) by striking “automatically”;
(C) by inserting “, on a tuition-free basis,” after
“granted enrollment”; and
(D) by striking “shall” each place it appears and
inserting “may”; and
(3) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
“(2) A member described in this paragraph is a member of
the armed forces—
“(A) serving on active duty or full-time National Guard
duty;
“(B) not residing on an installation supported by a school
established under this section; and
“(C) who has relocated to the member's permanent station
pursuant to an order for a permanent change of station
accompanied by dependents.
“(3) This subsection—
“(A) applies only with respect to schools located within
the several States; and
“(B) does not apply with respect to schools—
“(i) on installations selected under subsection (c) of
section 2164b of this title for participation in the program
under subsection (a) of that section; or
“(ii) located in the territories or possessions of the
United States.”.