10 U.S.C. § 8454
Midshipmen: appointment; numbers, territorial distribution
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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The authorized strength of the Brigade of Midshipmen (determined for any year as of the day before the last day of the academic year) is 4,400 or such lower number as may be prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy under subsection (h). Subject to that limitation, midshipmen are selected as follows:
In addition there may be appointed each year at the Academy midshipmen as follows:
one hundred selected by the President from the children of members of an armed force who—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to entitle the Delegates in Congress from Guam and the Virgin Islands to make appointments to the service academies.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Appropriation Authorization Act, 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- An act to authorize the Secretary of Defense to provide civilian career employees of the Department of Defense who are residents of Guam, the Virgin Islands, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the same relative rotation rights as apply to other career employees, to authorize the Delegates in Congress from Guam and the Virgin Islands to have two appointments at a time, rather than one appointment, to each of the service academies, and to authorize the establishment of a National Guard in Guam.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Uniformed Services Pay Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to amend titles 10, 14, 37, and 38, United States Code, to codify recent law and to improve the Code.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1984House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991House: no recorded tallySenate: 91–8
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000
- Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002
- Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003House: 359–58Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006House: 374–41Senate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008
- Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016House: 370–58Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally