[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1516 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1516

   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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 11, 2013

 Mr. Thompson of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Duncan of 
    Tennessee, Ms. Bordallo, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Clarke, Mr. 
    Pierluisi, Mr. Michaud, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Sablan, Mr. 
  Kingston, and Mr. Ellison) introduced the following bill; which was 
     referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coast Guard Academy Opportunity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ACADEMY NOMINATIONS.

    (a) Appointment.--Subsection (a) of section 182 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Nominations.--
            ``(1) Congressional nominations.--
                    ``(A) Appointment requirement.--Half of each 
                incoming class of the Academy shall be composed of 
                cadets nominated by the following:
                            ``(i) The Vice President or, if there is no 
                        Vice President, by the President pro tempore of 
                        the Senate.
                            ``(ii) A Senator.
                            ``(iii) A Member of the House of 
                        Representatives.
                            ``(iv) The Delegate to Congress from the 
                        District of Columbia, the Delegate to Congress 
                        from the Virgin Islands, the Resident 
                        Commissioner from Puerto Rico, the Delegate to 
                        Congress from Guam, the Delegate to Congress 
                        from American Samoa, or the Delegate to 
                        Congress from the Commonwealth of the Northern 
                        Mariana Islands.
                    ``(B) Nominees.--Each Senator, Member of the House 
                of Representatives, and Delegate to Congress, including 
                such Resident Commissioner, is entitled to nominate 3 
                persons each year. Cadets who do not graduate on time 
                shall not count against the allocations pursuant to 
                clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (A).
            ``(2) Qualification requirements.--An individual shall be 
        qualified for nomination, selection, and appointment as a cadet 
        at the Academy only if the individual--
                    ``(A) is a citizen or national of the United 
                States; and
                    ``(B) meets such minimum requirements that the 
                Secretary may establish.
            ``(3) Nomination information.--The Superintendent shall 
        furnish to any Member of Congress, upon the written request of 
        such Member, the name of the Member of Congress or other 
        nominating authority responsible for the nomination of any 
        named or identified person for appointment to the Academy.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a)--
            (1) shall apply beginning with academic program year 2015, 
        subject to subsection (c), and with respect to each academic 
        program year thereafter; and
            (2) shall not affect the application of section 182 of 
        title 14, United States Code, as in effect before the enactment 
        of this section, with respect to appointment of cadets who will 
        matriculate to the Coast Guard Academy before such academic 
        program year.
    (c) Transition.--
            (1) Nominations.--Notwithstanding the amendment made by 
        subsection (a), with respect to the nomination of individuals 
        pursuant to section 182 of title 14, United States Code, as 
        amended by such subsection, who will matriculate to the Coast 
        Guard Academy in academic program year 2015, not less than 25 
        percent of the class shall be from nominations made pursuant to 
        clauses (i) through (iv) of subsection (a)(1)(A) of such 
        section 182 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section).
            (2) Additional action.--The Secretary (as that term is used 
        in that section) may take any additional action the Secretary 
        believes necessary and proper to provide for the transition to 
        the nomination, selection, and appointment process provided 
        under this section.
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