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§51302a Nomination in Event of Death, Resignation, or Expulsion From Office of Senator Otherwise Authorized to Nominate
Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part B — Merchant Marine Service › CHAPTER 513 — UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY › § 51302a
Summary
If a Senator dies, resigns, or is expelled and cannot turn in cadet nominations before the deadline because the new Senator won’t be sworn in until after that deadline, the other Senator from that state must make those nominations. Those nominations are not an extra share for the state; they simply replace the nominations the absent Senator would have made.
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Title 46, §51302a
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(a)Senators.—
In the event a Senator does not submit nominations for cadets for an academic year in accordance with section 51302(b)(1) 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 otherwise authorized to be made by the Senator pursuant to such section shall be made instead by the other Senator from the State concerned.
(b)Construction of Authority.—
Any nomination for cadets made by a Senator pursuant to this section is not a reallocation of a nomination. Such nominations are made in lieu of a Senator not submitting nominations for cadets for an academic year in accordance with section 51302 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 occurs after the date of the deadline for submittal of nominations for cadets for the academic year.
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46 U.S.C. § 51302a
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Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110