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HR 5766 96th Congress House

An act to authorize additional Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for the Army, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarded such scholarships may serve their…

Official title: An act to authorize additional Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for the Army, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarde… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: An act to authorize additional Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for the Army, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarded such scholarships may serve their obligated period of service in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States, to authorize the Secretary concerned to require an individual furnished post-secondary education by an Armed Force to reimburse the United States for the cost of such education in the event such individual fails to comply with such individual's active-duty obligation, to provide that certain full-time training duty of members of the National Guard shall be considered as active duty for training in Federal service for certain purposes, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 31, 1979 See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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 Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 1980
Public Law 96-357.
Sep 24, 1980
Signed by President.
Sep 16, 1980
Measure presented to President.
Sep 16, 1980
Measure enrolled in Senate.
Sep 16, 1980
Measure enrolled in House.
Sep 10, 1980
Senate agreed to House amendments.
Sep 10, 1980
Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate agreed to House amendments.
Aug 28, 1980
House receded and concurred in Senate amendments with amendments.
Aug 28, 1980
Resolving differences -- House actions: House receded and concurred in Senate amendments with amendments.
Aug 4, 1980
Measure passed Senate, amended.
Aug 4, 1980
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Measure passed Senate, amended.
Aug 4, 1980
Measure considered in Senate.
Aug 4, 1980
Call of calendar in Senate.
Jul 16, 1980
Reported to Senate from the Committee on Armed Services with amendment, S. Rept. 96-850.
Nov 28, 1979
Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 26, 1979
Measure passed House.
Nov 26, 1979
Passed/agreed to in House: Measure passed House.
Nov 26, 1979
Measure considered in House.
Nov 26, 1979
Measure called up under motion to suspend rules and pass in House.
Nov 9, 1979
Reported to House from the Committee on Armed Services, H. Rept. 96-607.
Oct 31, 1979
Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Oct 31, 1979
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 24, 1980

Public Law 96-357.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5766: An act to authorize additional Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for the Army, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarded such scholarships may serve their obligated period of service in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States, to authorize the Secretary concerned to require an individual furnished post-secondary education by an Armed Force to reimburse the United States for the cost of such education in the event such individual fails to comply with such individual's active-duty obligation, to provide that certain full-time training duty of members of the National Guard shall be considered as active duty for training in Federal service for certain purposes, and for other purposes.. 96th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5766/
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"H.R. 5766: An act to authorize additional Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for the Army, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarded such scholarships may serve their obligated period of service in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States, to authorize the Secretary concerned to require an individual furnished post-secondary education by an Armed Force to reimburse the United States for the cost of such education in the event such individual fails to comply with such individual's active-duty obligation, to provide that certain full-time training duty of members of the National Guard shall be considered as active duty for training in Federal service for certain purposes, and for other purposes.." 96th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5766/.
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H.R. 5766, 96th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5766/.
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[H.R. 5766: An act to authorize additional Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarships for the Army, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to provide that cadets awarded such scholarships may serve their obligated period of service in the Army Reserve or Army National Guard of the United States, to authorize the Secretary concerned to require an individual furnished post-secondary education by an Armed Force to reimburse the United States for the cost of such education in the event such individual fails to comply with such individual's active-duty obligation, to provide that certain full-time training duty of members of the National Guard shall be considered as active duty for training in Federal service for certain purposes, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/96-HR-5766/)
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