[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 16, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CHANGING AGE-DETERMINED ELIGIBILITY TO STUDENT INCENTIVE PAYMENTS ACT

  Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 60, S. 467.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 467) to modify the age requirement for the 
     Student Incentive Payment Program of the State maritime 
     academies.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation, with an amendment, as follows:
  (The part of the bill intended to be inserted is printed in italic.)

                                 S. 467

       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 ``Changing Age-Determined 
     Eligibility To Student Incentive Payments Act'' or the 
     ``CADETS Act''.

     SEC. 2. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR THE STUDENT INCENTIVE PAYMENT 
                   PROGRAM OF THE STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES.

       Section 51509 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Age Requirement.--The Secretary may make an agreement 
     under this section only with a qualified student who will 
     meet the age requirement for enlistment or commission in the 
     Navy Reserve at the time of graduation from the academy.''.

  Mr. BENNET. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported 
amendment be considered and agreed to; the bill, as amended, be 
considered read a third time and passed; and that the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The committee-reported amendment was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 467), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                 S. 467

       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 ``Changing Age-Determined 
     Eligibility To Student Incentive Payments Act'' or the 
     ``CADETS Act''.

     SEC. 2. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR THE STUDENT INCENTIVE PAYMENT 
                   PROGRAM OF THE STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES.

       Section 51509 of title 46, United States Code, is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Age Requirement.--The Secretary may make an agreement 
     under this section only with a qualified student who will 
     meet the age requirement for enlistment or commission in the 
     Navy Reserve at the time of graduation from the academy.''.

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