Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 25 June 2019

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 25 June 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 25 June 2019

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 26 June 2019

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

   Source: Committee

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 25 June 2019 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 June 2019

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 25 June 2019

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 25 June 2019

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Sponsors

• Bennie Thompson · D · Sponsor
• ELIJAH CUMMINGS · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] · D · Sponsor
• Cedric Richmond · D · Sponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing

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