10 U.S.C. § 2195 — Department of Defense cooperative education programs

make an offer for participation in the cooperative work-education program directly to a student and appoint such student to an entry-level position of employment in the laboratory of such director;

pay^* such person a rate^* of basic pay, not to exceed the maximum rate of pay provided for grade^* GS–9 under the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, that is competitive with compensation levels provided for entry-level positions in similar industry-sponsored cooperative work-education programs;

pay all travel expenses between the college or university in which the student is enrolled and the laboratory concerned for not more than six round trips per year; and

pay all or part of such fees, charges, and costs related to the participation of such student in the cooperative work-education program as tuition, matriculation fees, charges for library and laboratory services, materials, and supplies^*, and the purchase or rental price of books.

require a student, as a condition for receiving payments referred to in subsection (b)(4), to enter into a written agreement to continue employment in such defense laboratory for a period of service specified in the agreement; or

make such payments without requiring such an agreement.

The Director of the National Security Agency may provide a qualifying employee of a defense laboratory of that Agency with living quarters at no charge, or at a rate or charge prescribed by the Director by regulation, without regard to section 5911(c) of title 5.

In this subsection, the term “qualifying employee” means a student who is employed at the National Security Agency under—