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HR 5791 117th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security

SERVE Act of 2021

Introduced: November 1, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 1, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Service Education Reallocation for Vacant Elected offices Act of 2021 or the SERVE Act of 2021

This bill modifies the authority to make nominations for cadets or midshipmen to the military service academies in situations where a Member of Congress has not submitted a nomination due to death, resignation from office, or expulsion from office and no successor member has been sworn in to office.

Specifically, in the event a Senator does not make a nomination for one of the specified reasons, the nominations must be made by the other Senator from the state concerned. In the event a Representative does not make a nomination for one of the specified reasons, the Senators from the state of the congressional district concerned must make the nomination, with nominations divided equally among Senators and any remainder going to the senior Senator from the state.

What's happening now November 1, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3127 Identical bill SERVE Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Johnson, Dusty
South Dakota · May 11, 2022
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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Nov 1, 2021
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Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Nov 1, 2021
Ruppersberger, C.
· Nov 1, 2021
Sarbanes, John
· Nov 1, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5791: SERVE Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5791/
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"H.R. 5791: SERVE Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5791/.
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H.R. 5791, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5791/.
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