3.0.0 3488 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z 2022-11-01T13:50:53Z House HR 2019-06-25 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 25, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi:H.R. 3488.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H5168]]]> hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Referred to 2019-06-26T15:27:21Z Referred to 2019-06-25T14:04:50Z 2019-06-26 hspw07 Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Committee 2019-06-25 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2019-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 N C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2019-06-25 True C001110 Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] J. Correa D CA Luis 46 2019-06-25 True R000588 Rep. Richmond, Cedric L. [D-LA-2] Cedric Richmond D LA L. 2 2019-06-25 True Transportation and Public Works Academic performance and assessments Advisory bodies Coast guard Computer security and identity theft Congressional oversight Employment and training programs Higher education Members of Congress Military education and training Minority education Minority employment Performance measurement Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Racial and ethnic relations Religion Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Transportation and Public Works 00 2019-06-25 Introduced in House 2020-06-20T22:23:47Z Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

This bill concerns matters related to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Among other things, the bill

  • establishes a commission to assess the level of cultural competence within the academy;
  • mandates a recruitment and retention plan for the academy;
  • provides statutory authority for a minority outreach team program to recruit minority students to the academy;
  • requires the Coast Guard to select half of each academy class from a pool of applicants with congressional nominations; and
  • provides statutory authority for and expands the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative, which allows certain undergraduate students to enlist and receive a guaranteed commission as an officer in the Coast Guard.
]]> Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act Display Title Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish a commission to enhance cultural competence and improve recruitment and outreach efforts at the Coast Guard Academy, to amend title 14, United States Code, to modify the process for congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets at the Coast Guard Academy, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr3488ih/xml/BILLS-116hr3488ih.xml 2019-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.