[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4846 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4846

 To provide for referral of denied applicants to the Service Academies 
                    to the senior military colleges.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 30, 2024

 Mr. Cruz (for himself and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for referral of denied applicants to the Service Academies 
                    to the senior military colleges.

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

SECTION 1. SERVICE ACADEMIES: REFERRAL OF DENIED APPLICANTS TO THE 
              SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act the Secretary of Defense shall establish a system 
whereby a covered individual may elect to have the Secretary share 
information regarding such covered individual with a senior military 
college.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual'' 
        means an individual whose application for an appointment as a 
        cadet or midshipman at a Service Academy is denied.
            (2) Senior military college.--The term ``senior military 
        college'' means a school specified in section 2111a of title 
        10, United States Code.
            (3) Service academy.--The term ``Service Academy'' has the 
        meaning given such term in section 347 of title 10, United 
        States Code.
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