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The Senate this week is considering legislation to strengthen the language of the Solomon Amendment, potentially dealing a setback to gay rights advocates who are challenging the 1996 statute.
Government lawyers have said that the Solomon Amendment allows the Pentagon to block federal funding to universities that limit military recruiters’ access to students.
Harvard officials and government lawyers are involved in ongoing negotiations to resolve a dispute over conflicting interpretations of the Solomon Amendment. But the legislation before the Senate could clarify the 1996 statute’s ambiguous wording.
But despite resounding bipartisan support for the House measure, “only a small part of the House bill is currently included in the [Senate’s] defense department authorization bill,” said Sharra E. Greer, director of law and policy for the Servicemembers?...
Under both the proposed House and Senate bills, federal financial aid to individual students would not be affected if schools limit ROTC or military recruitment on campus. The original Solomon Amendment would have cut off aid to students whose schools flout the Pentagon’s requests.