10 U.S.C. § 8459
Midshipmen: service obligation
United States · Title 10 — ARMED FORCES · Status: effective
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Each midshipman shall sign an agreement with respect to the midshipman’s length of service in the armed forces. The agreement shall provide that the midshipman agrees to the following:
That upon graduation from the Naval Academy the midshipman—
That if an appointment described in paragraph (2) is not tendered or if the midshipman is permitted to resign as a regular officer before completion of the commissioned service obligation of the midshipman, the midshipman—
Each academic year, the Secretary of the Navy may transfer not more than five midshipmen, who obtain employment in violation of paragraph (5) of subsection (a), to the Selected Reserve of the Navy or the Selected Reserve of the Marine Corps. Each midshipman so transferred shall—
serve as a commissioned officer—
The Secretary of the Navy shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. Those regulations shall include—
that a midshipman who obtains employment as a professional athlete—
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1985House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986House: 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 1996
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006House: 374–41Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010
- Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011House: 341–48Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018
- John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020
- James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
- Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025House: 281–140Senate: no recorded tally
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally