The 1996 Solomon Amendment is the popular name of 10 U.S.C. ยง 983, a United States federal law that allows the Secretary of Defense to deny federal grants (including research grants) to institutions of higher education if they prohibit or prevent ROTC or military recruitment on campus.
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