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§51305 Prohibited Basis for Appointment
Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part B — Merchant Marine Service › CHAPTER 513 — UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY › § 51305
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A person cannot get special preference for appointment as a cadet at the United States Merchant Marine Academy just because one or more members of their immediate family graduated from the Academy.
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Title 46, §51305
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Preference may not be given to an individual for appointment as a cadet at the United States Merchant Marine Academy because one or more members of the individual’s immediate family are alumni of the Academy.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 5130546 App.:1295b(b) (3)(E).June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1303(b)(3)(E), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 1999.
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46 U.S.C. § 51305
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