Eligibility of mariners to attend Naval Postgraduate School

(a) In general Section 8545 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (3) The Secretary may permit an officer or unlicensed mariner of the United States Merchant Marine to receive instruction at the Naval Postgraduate School.; (2) in subsection (b)(1), by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretary of Transportation shall bear the cost of the instruction received by officers and unlicensed mariners of the United States Merchant Marine detailed for that instruction.; and (3) in subsection (c), by inserting, and officers and unlicensed mariners of the United States Merchant Marine, after Coast Guard. (b) Report required Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to Congress a report assessing what matters relating to military training it would be beneficial for mariners to study at the Naval Postgraduate School.