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10 U.S.C. § 2009

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Military colleges: female students
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/us/usc/t10/s2009
Title
10 — Armed Forces
Chapter
STA/PTIII/CH101
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17

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(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, any college or university designated by the Secretary of Defense as a military college shall, as a condition of maintaining such designation, provide that qualified female undergraduate students enrolled in such college or university be eligible to participate in military training at such college or university. (b) Regulations prescribed under subsection (a) may not require a college or university, as a condition of maintaining its designation as a military college or for any other purpose, to require female undergraduate students enrolled in such college or university to participate in military training. (Added Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1401(g)(1), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2619.) Editorial Notes Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 95–485, title VIII, § 809, Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1623, which was set out as a note under section 2102 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 98–525, §§ 1403(b), 1404. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries Effective DateSection effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1404 of Pub. L. 98–525, set out as a note under section 520b of this title.

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