,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cahe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aj1 #bjai,mr4 
,panetta 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mr4 
,austin ,scott of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,kim1  
,mr4 ,young1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,mr4        
,cisneros1 and ,mr4 ,price of ,north    
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to authorize the ,defense
 ,language ,institute to award a        
,bachelor of ,arts degree in a foreign  
language1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,defense ,language ,improvement ,act
 or the ,,dli ,act4  #b4 ,defense       
,language ,institute ,foreign ,language 
,center  7a7 ,authority ,to award       
bachelor's degrees ,section #bafh of    
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended--  7#a7 in the section heading1 
by striking ,associate and inserting    
,associate or ,bachelor2 and  7#b7 by   

amending subsection 7a7 to read as      
follows3  7a7 ,subject to subsection    
7b71 the ,commandant of the ,defense    
,language ,institute may confer-- 7#a7  
an ,associate of ,arts degree in a      
foreign language upon any graduate of   
the ,foreign ,language ,center of the   
,institute who fulfills the requirements
 for that degree2 or  7#b7 a ,bachelor  
of ,arts degree in a foreign language   
upon any graduate of the ,foreign       
,language ,center of the ,institute who 
fulfills the requirements for that      
degree4  4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the
 table of sections at the beginning of  
chapter #ajh of title #aj1 ,united      
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
the item relating to section #bafh and  
inserting the following new item3       
#bafh4 ,defense ,language ,institute    
,foreign ,language ,center3 degree of   
,associate or ,bachelor of ,arts in     
foreign language4  4