SERVE Act of 2021

Summary

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.

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Timeline

1. 1 November 2021

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 1 November 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 November 2021

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 1 November 2021 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 1 November 2021

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 1 November 2021

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 November 2021

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Sponsors

• Anthony Brown · D · Sponsor
• C. Ruppersberger · D · Sponsor
• John Sarbanes · D · Sponsor
• David Trone · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · D · Sponsor
• Dusty Johnson · R · Cosponsor
• · hsas00 · Standing

Related records

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