S.Amdt. 2319

SA 2319. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, insert the following:

SEC. ____. NOMINATION IN EVENT OF DEATH, RESIGNATION, OR
EXPULSION FROM OFFICE OF MEMBER OF CONGRESS
OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED TO NOMINATE.

(a) In General.--Chapter 513 of title 46, United States
Code, is amended by inserting after section 51302 the
following new section:

``Sec. 51302a. Nomination in event of death, resignation, or
expulsion from office of Member of Congress otherwise
authorized to nominate

``(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) Representatives.--In the event a Member of the House
of Representatives from a State does not submit nominations
for cadets for an academic year in accordance with section
51302(b)(2) 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 otherwise authorized to be made by
the Representative pursuant to such section shall be made
instead by the Senators from the State of the congressional
district concerned, with such nominations divided equally
among such Senators and any remainder going to the senior
Senator from the State.
``(c) Construction of Authority.--Any nomination for cadets
made by a Member pursuant to this section is not a
reallocation of a nomination. Such nominations are made in
lieu of a Member 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 Member's
successor occurs after the date of the deadline for submittal
of nominations for cadets for the academic year.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 513 of such title is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 51302 the
following new item:

``51302a. Nomination in event of death, resignation, or expulsion from
office of Member of Congress otherwise authorized to
nominate''.
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