Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 6:56 p.m.

A A A

Armed Services approves bill strengthening Solomon

Staff Reporter
Published Thursday, March 25, 2004

The U.S. House Armed Services Committee approved a bill last week that strengthens the 1995 Solomon Amendment, which withholds federal funding from universities that restrict military recruiters' access to their students. The full U.S. House of Representatives will soon consider the bill, called the ROTC Military Recruiter Equal Access to Campus Act.

The bill, if implemented, would expand the Solomon Amendment by both clarifying its language to ensure that military recruiters have the same access to students as would any other employer, and by stiffening the penalties for...

Sorry, but comments are disabled for this article.