A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to expand the mission of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and to change the name of the Academy to reflect the expanded mission.

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Changes the name of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to the United States Maritime Academy. Provides, under the Merchant Marine Act, that the mission of the United States Maritime Academy shall be expanded to include the instruction and preparation of selected persons to serve the United States as merchant marine officers and in the marine sciences and related maritime industries. Provides that in addition to an undergraduate program the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish at the Academy graduate-level programs of study and training.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 14 January 1975

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