Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§7442a Cadets: nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to nominate

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Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a Senator can't send in all their cadet nominations because they died, resigned, or were removed, and their replacement isn't sworn in before the nomination deadline, the other Senator from that state can make those nominations instead. If a Representative can't send in all their cadet nominations for the same reasons and their replacement isn't sworn in before the deadline, the state's Senators split the nominations equally, with any extra going to the senator who has served longer. Nominations made this way do not permanently change how nominations are divided.

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Title 10, §7442a

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(a)In the event a Senator does not submit all nominations for cadets allocated to such Senator for an academic year in accordance with section 7442(a)(3) of this title, due to death, resignation from office, or expulsion from office, and the date of the swearing-in of the Senator’s successor as Senator occurs after the date of the deadline for submittal of nominations for cadets for the academic year, the nominations for cadets for such academic year, otherwise authorized to be made by the Senator pursuant to such section, may be made instead by the other Senator from the State of such Representative.

(b)In the event a Representative does not submit all nominations for cadets allocated to such Representative for an academic year in accordance with section 7442(a)(4) of this title, due to death, resignation from office, or expulsion from office, and the date of the swearing-in of the Representative’s successor as Representative occurs after the date of the deadline for submittal of nominations for cadets for the academic year, the nominations for cadets for such academic year, otherwise authorized to be made by the Representative pursuant to such section, may be made instead by the Senators from the State of such Representative, with such nominations divided equally among such Senators and any remainder going to the senior Senator from the State.

(c)The nomination of a cadet by a Member of Congress pursuant to this section shall not be construed to permanently reallocate nominations under section 7442 of this title.

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10 U.S.C. § 7442a

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73