Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act
Latest action · Jun 26, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 25, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 25, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Original | Jun 25, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced in House
- Jun 25, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Transportation and Public Works.
- Academic performance and assessments
- Advisory bodies
- Coast guard
- Computer security and identity theft
- Congressional oversight
- Employment and training programs
- Higher education
- Members of Congress
- Military education and training
- Minority education
- Minority employment
- Performance measurement
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Religion
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- Transportation and Public Works
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2019Introduced in House
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