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<title>Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id113hr1516v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2013-05-07">
<action-date>2013-04-11</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Coast Guard Academy Opportunity Act - Modifies the Coast Guard Academy cadet nomination process by requiring that half of each incoming class be composed of cadets nominated by: (1) the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, the President pro tempore of the Senate; (2) a Senator; (3) a Member of the House of Representatives; and (4) the various delegates to Congress, including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico. Entitles each Senator, House Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner to nominate three persons each year.</p> <p>Requires nominees to be citizens or nationals of the United States and meet any minimum requirements established by the Secretary of the respective department in which the Coast Guard is operating.</p> <p>Directs the Superintendent of the Academy to furnish any Member of Congress, upon written request, the name of the nominating authority responsible for the nomination of any named or identified person for appointment to the Academy.</p>]]></summary-text>
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