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Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

Introduced: June 25, 2019 Introduced by: Thompson, Bennie G. Democratic · Mississippi See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 26, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Jun 25, 2019
Introduced in House
Jun 25, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

This bill concerns matters related to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

Among other things, the bill

  • establishes a commission to assess the level of cultural competence within the academy;
  • mandates a recruitment and retention plan for the academy;
  • provides statutory authority for a minority outreach team program to recruit minority students to the academy;
  • requires the Coast Guard to select half of each academy class from a pool of applicants with congressional nominations; and
  • provides statutory authority for and expands the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative, which allows certain undergraduate students to enlist and receive a guaranteed commission as an officer in the Coast Guard.
What's happening now June 26, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
D
Correa, J. Luis
California · Jun 25, 2019
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Jun 25, 2019
Richmond, Cedric
· Jun 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3488: Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3488/
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"H.R. 3488: Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3488/.
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H.R. 3488, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3488/.
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[H.R. 3488: Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3488/)
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