[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4660]
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  SA 2319. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2025 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 end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. NOMINATION IN EVENT OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR 
                   EXPULSION FROM OFFICE OF MEMBER OF CONGRESS 
                   OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO NOMINATE.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 513 of title 46, United States 
     Code, is amended by inserting after section 51302 the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 51302a. 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 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 Member of the House 
     of Representatives 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 of the congressional 
     district concerned, 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 Member pursuant to this section is not a 
     reallocation of a nomination. Such nominations are made in 
     lieu of a Member not submitting nominations for cadets for an 
     academic year in accordance with section 51302 of this title 
     due to death, resignation from office, or expulsion from 
     office and the date of the swearing-in of the Member's 
     successor occurs after the date of the deadline for submittal 
     of nominations for cadets for the academic year.''.
       (b) 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 51302 the 
     following new item:

``51302a. Nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from 
              office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to 
              nominate''.
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