Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
Transportation and Public Works
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCoast guardComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightEmployment and training programsHigher educationMembers of CongressMilitary education and trainingMinority educationMinority employmentPerformance measurementPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act
USA116th CongressHR-3488| House
| Updated: 6/26/2019
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.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee
Transportation and Public Works
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCoast guardComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightEmployment and training programsHigher educationMembers of CongressMilitary education and trainingMinority educationMinority employmentPerformance measurementPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRacial and ethnic relationsReligionSex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination