[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5692-S5693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6153. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and 
Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY FOR NOMINATIONS TO THE 
                   UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY IN THE 
                   EVENT OF THE DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR EXPULSION 
                   FROM OFFICE OF A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.

       (a) United States Merchant Marine Academy.--
       (1) In general.--Chapter 513 of title 46, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 51324 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 51325. Cadets: nomination in event of death, 
       resignation, or expulsion from office of member of Congress 
       otherwise authorized to nominate

       ``(a) Senators.--In the event a Senator does not submit 
     nominations for cadets for

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     an academic year in accordance with section 51302(b)(1) of 
     this title due to death, resignation from office, or 
     expulsion from office and the date of the swearing-in of the 
     Senator's successor as Senator occurs after the date of the 
     deadline for submittal of nominations for cadets for the 
     academic year, the nominations for cadets otherwise 
     authorized to be made by the Senator pursuant to such section 
     shall be made instead by the other Senator from the State 
     concerned.
       ``(b) Representatives.--In the event a Representative from 
     a State does not submit nominations for cadets for an 
     academic year in accordance with section 51302(b)(2) of this 
     title due to death, resignation from office, or expulsion 
     from office and the date of the swearing-in of the 
     Representative's successor as Representative occurs after the 
     date of the deadline for submittal of nominations for cadets 
     for the academic year, the nominations for cadets otherwise 
     authorized to be made by the Representative pursuant to such 
     section shall be made instead by the Senators from the State 
     from the district of the Representative, with such 
     nominations divided equally among such Senators and any 
     remainder going to the senior Senator from the State.
       ``(c) Construction of Authority.--Any nomination for cadets 
     made by a Senator pursuant to this section is in addition to 
     any nomination for cadets otherwise authorized the Senator 
     under section 51302 of this title or any other provision of 
     law.''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 513 of such title is amended by 
     inserting after the item relating to section 51324 the 
     following new item:

``51325. Cadets: nomination in event of death, resignation, or 
              expulsion from office of member of Congress otherwise 
              authorized to nominate.''.
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