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46 U.S.C. § 51302 — Nomination and competitive appointment of cadets
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**(a) Requirements.—** An individual may be nominated for a competitive appointment as a cadet at the United States Merchant Marine Academy only if the individual—
(1) is a citizen or national of the United States; and
(2) meets the minimum requirements that the Secretary of Transportation shall establish.
**(b) Nominators.—** Nominations for competitive appointments for the positions allocated under subsection (c) may be made as follows:
(1) A Senator may nominate residents of the State represented by that Senator.
(2) A Member of the House of Representatives may nominate residents of the State in which the congressional district represented by that Member is located.
(3) A Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa may nominate residents of the jurisdiction represented by that Delegate.
(4) The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico may nominate residents of Puerto Rico.
(5) The Panama Canal Commission may nominate—
(A) residents, or sons or daughters of residents, of an area or installation in Panama and made available to the United States under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the agreements relating to and implementing that Treaty, signed September 7, 1977, and the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama Concerning Air Traffic Control and Related Services, concluded January 8, 1979; and
(B) sons or daughters of personnel of the United States Government and the Panama Canal Commission residing in Panama.
**(c) Allocation of Positions.—** Positions for competitive appointments shall be allocated each year as follows:
(1) Positions shall be allocated for residents of each State nominated by the Me
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**(a) Requirements.—** An individual may be nominated for a competitive appointment as a cadet at the United States Merchant Marine Academy only if the individual—
(1) is a citizen or national of the United States; and
(2) meets the minimum requirements that the Secretary of Transportation shall establish.
**(b) Nominators.—** Nominations for competitive appointments for the positions allocated under subsection (c) may be made as follows:
(1) A Senator may nominate residents of the State represented by that Senator.
(2) A Member of the House of Representatives may nominate residents of the State in which the congressional district represented by that Member is located.
(3) A Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa may nominate residents of the jurisdiction represented by that Delegate.
(4) The Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico may nominate residents of Puerto Rico.
(5) The Panama Canal Commission may nominate—
(A) residents, or sons or daughters of residents, of an area or installation in Panama and made available to the United States under the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, the agreements relating to and implementing that Treaty, signed September 7, 1977, and the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Republic of Panama Concerning Air Traffic Control and Related Services, concluded January 8, 1979; and
(B) sons or daughters of personnel of the United States Government and the Panama Canal Commission residing in Panama.
**(c) Allocation of Positions.—** Positions for competitive appointments shall be allocated each year as follows:
(1) Positions shall be allocated for residents of each State nominated by the Members of Congress from that State in proportion to the representation in Congress from that State.
(2) Four positions shall be allocated for residents of the District of Columbia nominated by the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
(3) One position each shall be allocated for residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa nominated by the Delegates to the House of Representatives from the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, respectively.
(4) One position shall be allocated for a resident of Puerto Rico nominated by the Resident Commissioner to the United States from Puerto Rico.
(5) One position shall be allocated for a resident of the Northern Mariana Islands nominated by the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands.
(6) Two positions shall be allocated for individuals nominated by the Panama Canal Commission.
**(d) Competitive System for Appointment.—**
(1) **Establishment of system.—** — The Secretary shall establish a competitive system for selecting individuals nominated under subsection (b) to fill the positions allocated under subsection (c). The system must determine the relative merit of each individual based on competitive examinations, an assessment of the individual’s academic background, and other effective indicators of motivation and probability of successful completion of training at the Academy.
(2) **Appointments by jurisdiction.—** — The Secretary shall appoint individuals to fill the positions allocated under subsection (c) for each jurisdiction in the order of merit of the individuals nominated from that jurisdiction.
(3) **Remaining unfilled positions.—** — If positions remain unfilled after the appointments are made under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall appoint individuals to fill the positions in the order of merit of the remaining individuals nominated from all jurisdictions.
**(e) Congressional Notification in Advance of Appointments.—** When a nominee of a Senator, Representative, or Delegate is selected for appointment as a cadet, the Senator, Representative, or Delegate shall be notified at least 48 hours before the official notification or announcement of the appointment is made.
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**(a)** The authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets of the Academy (determined for any year as of the day before the last day of the academic year) is 4,400 or such lower number as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army under subsection (j). Subject to that limitation, cadets are selected as follows:
(1) 65 cadets selected in order of merit as established by competitive examinations from the children of members of the armed forces who were killed in action or died of, or have a service-connected disability rated at not less than 100 per centum resulting from, wounds or injuries received or diseases contracted in, or preexisting injury or disease aggravated by, active service, children of members who are in a “missing status” as defined in [section 551(2) of title 37](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title37-section551/2&num=0&edition=prelim), and children of civilian employees who are in “missing status” as defined in [section 5561(5) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5561/5&num=0&edition=prelim). The determination of the Department of Veterans Affairs as to service connection of the cause of death or disability, and the percentage at which the disability is rated, is binding upon the Secretary of the Army.
(2) Five cadets nominated at large by the Vice President or, if there is no Vice President, by the President pro tempore of the Senate.
(3) Ten cadets from each State, five of whom are nominated by each Senator from that State.
(4) Five cadets from each congressional district, nominated by the Representative from the district.
(5) Five cadets from the District of Columbia, nominated by the Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia.
(6) Four c
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**(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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section51302/b/1&num=0&edition=prelim) 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) Construction of Authority.—** Any nomination for cadets made by a Senator pursuant to this section is not a reallocation of a nomination. Such nominations are made in lieu of a Senator not submitting nominations for cadets for an academic year in accordance with [section 51302 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title46-section51302&num=0&edition=prelim) due to death, resignation from office, or expulsion from office and the date of the swearing-in of the Senator’s successor occurs after the date of the deadline for submittal of nominations for cadets for the academic year.
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 51302
ommendations referred to in subsection (c)(1). The
prioritization and implementation plan shall—
‘‘(i) be developed using the strategies, processes,
and systems developed pursuant to an agreement
entered into under paragraph (1);
‘‘(ii) include estimated timelines and cost esti-
mates for the implementation of priority goals;
‘‘(iii) include summaries of stakeholder and
interagency engagement used to assess goals and
timelines;
‘‘(iv) with respect to any recommendation the
Superintendent determines is not relevant to the
Maritime Administration, include an explanation
for the determination; and
‘‘(v) submitted to the Inspector General of the
Department of Transportation and the appro-
priate congressional committees and made pub-
licly available.
‘‘(B) AUDIT AND REPORT.—The Inspector General
of the Department of Transportation shall—
‘‘(i) not later than 180 days after the date on
which the prioritization and implementation plan
described in subparagraph (A) is made publicly
available, initiate an audit of the actions taken
by the Maritime Administration to address such
plan;
‘‘(ii) monitor the actions taken by the Maritime
Administration to implement recommendations
contained in the audit required under clause (i)
and in prior audits of the Maritime Administra-
tion’s implementation of National Academy of
Public Administration recommendations and pe-
riodically initiate subsequent audits of the con-
tinued actions taken by the Maritime Adminis-
tration to address the prioritization and imple-
mentation plan, as the Inspector General deter-
mines necessary; and
‘‘(iii) after the completion of the audit required
under clause (i), submit to the Administrator of
the Maritime Administration and the appropriate
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