---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 9460"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "9460"
heading: "Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/9460"
units:
  - "Subtitle D — Air Force and Space Force"
  - "Part III — Training"
  - "Chapter 953 — United States Air Force Academy"
---

# §9460. Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation

- (a) **Prohibition.—** Except as provided in [subsection (b)](#b), no charge or fee for tuition, room, or board for attendance at the Academy may be imposed unless the charge or fee is specifically authorized by a law enacted after October 5, 1994.
- (b) **Exception.—** The prohibition specified in [subsection (a)](#a) does not apply with respect to any item or service provided to cadets for which a charge or fee is imposed as of October 5, 1994. The [Secretary](/usc/10/9511.md?p=10) of Defense shall notify Congress of any change made by the Academy in the amount of a charge or fee authorized under this subsection.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 545(c)(1), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1908, § 9360; renumbered § 9460, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(3), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1832.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 9360 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title.