S.Amdt. 2738

SA 2738. Mr. CRUZ 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 appropriate place in title V, insert the following:

SEC. __. SERVICE ACADEMIES: REFERRAL OF DENIED APPLICANTS TO
THE SENIOR MILITARY COLLEGES.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act the Secretary of Defense shall
establish a system whereby a covered individual may elect to
have the Secretary share information regarding such covered
individual with a senior military college.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual''
means an individual whose application for an appointment as a
cadet or midshipman at a Service Academy is denied.
(2) Senior military college.--The term ``senior military
college'' means a school specified in section 2111a of title
10, United States Code.
(3) Service academy.--The term ``Service Academy'' has the
meaning given such term in section 347 of title 10, United
States Code.
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