,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aeaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aa1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,thompson of ,mississippi 7for     
himself1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,duncan of
 ,tennessee1 ,ms4 ,bordallo1 ,ms4 ,brown
 of ,florida1 ,ms4 ,clarke1 ,mr4        
,pierluisi1 ,mr4 ,michaud1 ,ms4         
,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,hahn1 ,mr4 ,sablan1   
,mr4 ,kingston1 and ,mr4 ,ellison7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to amend title #ad1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to modify the process for
 congressional nomination of individuals
 for appointment as cadets at the ,coast
 ,guard ,academy1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,coast ,guard       
,academy ,opportunity ,act4  #b4        
,academy nominations  7a7 ,appointment  
,subsection 7a7 of section #ahb of title
 #ad1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended 
to read as follows3  7a7 ,nominations   

7#a7 ,congressional nominations  7,a7   
,appointment requirement ,half of each  
incoming class of the ,academy shall be 
composed of cadets nominated by the     
following3  7i7 ,the ,vice ,president   
or1 if there is no ,vice ,president1 by 
the ,president pro tempore of the       
,senate4  7ii7 ,a ,senator4  7iii7 ,a   
,member of the ,house of                
,representatives4  7iv7 ,the ,delegate  
to ,congress from the ,district of      
,columbia1 the ,delegate to ,congress   
from the ,virgin ,islands1 the ,resident
 ,commissioner from ,puerto ,rico1 the  
,delegate to ,congress from ,guam1 the  
,delegate to ,congress from ,american   
,samoa1 or the ,delegate to ,congress   
from the ,commonwealth of the ,northern 
,mariana ,islands4  7,b7 ,nominees ,each
 ,senator1 ,member of the ,house of     
,representatives1 and ,delegate to      
,congress1 including such ,resident     
,commissioner1 is entitled to nominate  
#c persons each year4 ,cadets who do not
 graduate on time shall not count       

against the allocations pursuant to     
clauses 7i7 through 7iv7 of subparagraph
 7,a74  7#b7 ,qualification requirements
 ,an individual shall be qualified for  
nomination1 selection1 and appointment  
as a cadet at the ,academy only if the  
individual--  7,a7 is a citizen or      
national of the ,united ,states2 and    
7,b7 meets such minimum requirements    
that the ,secretary may establish4  7#c7
 ,nomination information ,the           
,superintendent shall furnish to any    
,member of ,congress1 upon the written  
request of such ,member1 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 ,academy4 
4  7b7 ,application ,the amendment made 
by subsection 7a7--  7#a7 shall apply   
beginning with academic program year    
#bjae1 subject to subsection 7c71 and   
with respect to each academic program   
year thereafter2 and  7#b7 shall not    
affect the application of section #ahb  

of title #ad1 ,united ,states ,code1 as 
in effect before the enactment of this  
section1 with respect to appointment of 
cadets who will matriculate to the      
,coast ,guard ,academy before such      
academic program year4  7c7 ,transition 
7#a7 ,nominations ,notwithstanding the  
amendment made by subsection 7a71 with  
respect to the nomination of individuals
 pursuant to section #ahb of title #ad1 
,united ,states ,code1 as amended by    
such subsection1 who will matriculate to
 the ,coast ,guard ,academy in academic 
program year #bjae1 not less than #be   
percent of the class shall be from      
nominations made pursuant to clauses 7i7
 through 7iv7 of subsection 7a77#a77;,a7
 of such section #ahb 7as amended by    
subsection 7a7 of this section74  7#b7  
,additional action ,the ,secretary 7as  
that term is used in that section7 may  
take any additional action the          
,secretary believes necessary and proper
 to provide for the transition to the   
nomination1 selection1 and appointment  

process provided under this section4