3.0.0 5046 2025-09-19T18:56:05Z 2025-09-19T18:56:05Z House H HR 2025-08-26 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5046 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 141 (Tuesday, August 26, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Ms. MACE:H.R. 5046.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution[Page H3712]</pre> hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred To 2025-08-26T15:01:15Z 2025-08-26 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2025-08-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-08-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000194 Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] Nancy Mace R SC 1 N Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2025-09-19T18:56:05Z Restoring Merit in the Military Service Academies Act Display Title 45 Restoring Merit in the Military Service Academies Act 2025-08-29T04:08:18Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Restoring Merit in the Military Service Academies Act 2025-08-29T04:08:18Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To require that appointments and selections to United States Military Academy, United States Naval Academy, and United States Air Force Academy be made solely in order of merit as determined by a standardized candidate composite score, to prohibit the consideration of race, sex, color, ethnicity, national origin, or religion in service academy admissions, and for other purposes. 2025-08-29T04:03:17Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-08-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5046ih/xml/BILLS-119hr5046ih.xml 2025-08-26 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. 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.