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[CITE: 10USC4342]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                            Subtitle B--Army
 
                           PART III--TRAINING
 
               CHAPTER 403--UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
 
Sec. 4342. Cadets: appointment; numbers, territorial 
        distribution
        
    (a) The authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets of the Academy 
(determined for any year as of the day before the last day of the 
academic year) is 4,000. Subject to that limitation, cadets are selected 
as follows:
        (1) 65 cadets selected in order of merit as established by 
    competitive examinations from the children of members of the armed 
    forces who were killed in action or died of, or have a service-
    connected disability rated at not less than 100 per centum resulting 
    from, wounds or injuries received or diseases contracted in, or 
    preexisting injury or disease aggravated by, active service, 
    children of members who are in a ``missing status'' as defined in 
    section 551(2) of title 37, and children of civilian employees who 
    are in ``missing status'' as defined in section 5561(5) of title 5. 
    The determination of the Department of Veterans Affairs as to 
    service connection of the cause of death or disability, and the 
    percentage at which the disability is rated, is binding upon the 
    Secretary of the Army.
        (2) Five cadets nominated at large by the Vice President or, if 
    there is no Vice President, by the President pro tempore of the 
    Senate.
        (3) Ten cadets from each State, five of whom are nominated by 
    each Senator from that State.
        (4) Five cadets from each congressional district, nominated by 
    the Representative from the district.
        (5) Five cadets from the District of Columbia, nominated by the 
    Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of 
    Columbia.
        (6) Two cadets from the Virgin Islands, nominated by the 
    Delegate in Congress from the Virgin Islands.
        (7) Six cadets from Puerto Rico, five of whom are nominated by 
    the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico and one who is a native 
    of Puerto Rico nominated by the Governor of Puerto Rico.
        (8) Two cadets from Guam, nominated by the Delegate in Congress 
    from Guam.
        (9) One cadet from American Samoa, nominated by the Delegate in 
    Congress from American Samoa.
        (10) One cadet from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
    Islands, nominated by the resident representative from the 
    commonwealth.

Each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress, including the 
Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, is entitled to nominate 10 
persons for each vacancy that is available to him under this section. 
Nominees may be submitted without ranking or with a principal candidate 
and 9 ranked or unranked alternates. Qualified nominees not selected for 
appointment under this subsection shall be considered qualified 
alternates for the purposes of selection under other provisions of this 
chapter.
    (b) In addition, there may be appointed each year at the Academy 
cadets as follows:
        (1) one hundred selected by the President from the children of 
    members of an armed force who--
            (A) are on active duty (other than for training) and who 
        have served continuously on active duty for at least eight 
        years;
            (B) are, or who died while they were, retired with pay or 
        granted retired or retainer pay;
            (C) are serving as members of reserve components and are 
        credited with at least eight years of service computed under 
        section 12733 of this title; or
            (D) would be, or who died while they would have been, 
        entitled to retired pay under chapter 1223 of this title except 
        for not having attained 60 years of age;

    however, a person who is eligible for selection under clause (1) of 
    subsection (a) may not be selected under this clause.
        (2) 85 nominated by the Secretary of the Army from enlisted 
    members of the Regular Army.
        (3) 85 nominated by the Secretary of the Army from enlisted 
    members of reserve components of the Army.
        (4) 20 nominated by the Secretary of the Army, under regulations 
    prescribed by him, from the honor graduates of schools designated as 
    honor schools by the Department of the Army, the Department of the 
    Navy, or the Department of the Air Force, and from members of the 
    Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
        (5) 150 selected by the Secretary of the Army in order of merit 
    (prescribed pursuant to section 4343 of this title) from qualified 
    alternates nominated by persons named in clauses (3) and (4) of 
    subsection (a).

    (c) The President may also appoint as cadets at the Academy children 
of persons who have been awarded the Medal of Honor for acts performed 
while in the armed forces.
    (d) The Superintendent may nominate for appointment each year 50 
persons from the country at large. Persons nominated under this 
paragraph may not displace any appointment authorized under clauses (2) 
through (9) of subsection (a) and may not cause the total strength of 
the Corps of Cadets to exceed the authorized number.
    (e) If the annual quota of cadets under subsection (b)(1), (2), (3) 
is not filled, the Secretary may fill the vacancies by nominating for 
appointment other candidates from any of these sources who were found 
best qualified on examination for admission and not otherwise nominated.
    (f) Each candidate for admission nominated under clauses (3) through 
(9) of subsection (a) must be domiciled in the State, or in the 
congressional district, from which he is nominated, or in the District 
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, 
if nominated from one of those places.
    (g) The Secretary of the Army may limit the number of cadets 
authorized to be appointed under this section to the number that can be 
adequately accommodated at the Academy, as determined by the Secretary 
after consulting with the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, subject 
to the following:
        (1) Cadets chargeable to each nominating authority named in 
    subsection (a)(3) or (4) may not be limited to less than four.
        (2) If the Secretary limits the number of appointments under 
    subsection (a)(3) or (4), appointments under subsection (b)(1)-(4) 
    are limited as follows:
            (A) 27 appointments under subsection (b)(1);
            (B) 27 appointments under subsection (b)(2);
            (C) 27 appointments under subsection (b)(3); and
            (D) 13 appointments under subsection (b)(4).

        (3) If the Secretary limits the number of appointments under 
    subsection (b)(5), appointments under subsection (b)(2)-(4) are 
    limited as follows:
            (A) 27 appointments under subsection (b)(2);
            (B) 27 appointments under subsection (b)(3); and
            (C) 13 appointments under subsection (b)(4).

        (4) The limitations provided for in this subsection do not 
    affect the operation of subsection (e).

    (h) The Secretary of the Army shall furnish to any Member of 
Congress, upon the written request of such Member, the name of the 
Congressman or other nominating authority responsible for the nomination 
of any named or identified person for appointment to the Academy.
    (i) For purposes of the limitation in subsection (a) establishing 
the aggregate authorized strength of the Corps of Cadets, the Secretary 
of the Army may for any year (beginning with the 2001-2002 academic 
year) permit a variance in that limitation by not more than one percent. 
In applying that limitation, and any such variance, the last day of an 
academic year shall be considered to be graduation day.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 240; Pub. L. 85-861, Sec. 33(a)(26), 
Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1565; Pub. L. 87-663, Sec. 1(1), (2), Sept. 14, 
1962, 76 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 88-276, Sec. 1(1), Mar. 3, 1964, 78 Stat. 
148; Pub. L. 89-650, Sec. 1(1)-(4), Oct. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 896; Pub. L. 
90-374, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 283; Pub. L. 90-623, Sec. 2(8), Oct. 22, 
1968, 82 Stat. 1314; Pub. L. 91-405, title II, Sec. 204(c), Sept. 22, 
1970, 84 Stat. 852; Pub. L. 92-365, Sec. 1(1), Aug. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 
505; Pub. L. 93-171, Sec. 1(1)-(4), Nov. 29, 1973, 87 Stat. 690; Pub. L. 
94-106, title VIII, Sec. 803(b)(1), Oct. 7, 1975, 89 Stat. 538; Pub. L. 
96-513, title V, Sec. 512(13), Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2930; Pub. L. 96-
600, Sec. 2(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3493; Pub. L. 97-60, title II, 
Sec. 203(a)(1), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1006; Pub. L. 98-94, title X, 
Sec. 1005(a)(1), (b)(1), Sept. 24, 1983, 97 Stat. 660; Pub. L. 101-189, 
div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1621(a)(1), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1602; Pub. 
L. 101-510, div. A, title V, Sec. 532(a)(1), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1563; Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title V, Sec. 531, Nov. 30, 1993, 107 
Stat. 1657; Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1672(c)(3), Oct. 5, 
1994, 108 Stat. 3015; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title V, Sec. 532(a), 
title XV, Sec. 1502(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 314, 502; Pub. L. 
105-85, div. A, title X, Sec. 1073(a)(62), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 
1903; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 531(b)(1), title X, 
Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 602, 774; Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 
[[div. A], title V, Sec. 531(a)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-
109.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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4342(a)...............................  10:1092a (1st par., less clauses     R.
S. 1317.
                                         (a) through (e)).                   Ju
ne 30, 1950, ch. 421, Secs.  1, 2
                                        10:1092a (clause (a), less 14th       (
last proviso), 64 Stat. 303, 304;
                                         through 52d words after 4th          J
une 3, 1954, ch. 251, Sec.  2, 68
                                         semicolon; and less last 32          S
tat. 169.
                                         words).
                                        10:1092a (1st 13 words of clause
                                         (b)).
                                        10:1092a (1st 26 words of clause
                                         (c)).
                                        10:1092a (clause (d)).
                                        10:1092a (clause (e), less last 53
                                         words).
4342(b)...............................  10:1092a (last par.).
                                        10:1098.
4342(c)...............................  10:1092a (14th through 52d words
                                         after 4th semicolon of clause
                                         (a)).
                                        10:1092b (last proviso).
4342(d)...............................  10:1092a (last 32 words of clause
                                         (a)).
4342(e)...............................  10:1092a (clause (b), less 1st 13
                                         words, and less 1st proviso).
4342(f)...............................  10:1092a (1st proviso of clause
                                         (b)).
4342(g)...............................  10:1092a (clause (c), less 1st 26
                                         words).
4342(h)...............................  10:1092a (last 53 words of clause
                                         (e)).
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    In subsection (a), the words ``the authorized strength * * * is as 
follows--'' are substituted for the words ``shall be authorized and 
consist of the following''. The words ``at large'' and ``which totals 
two thousand four hundred and ninety-six'', and 10:1092a (clause (d)) 
are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (b), the words ``from whatever source of admission'', 
in 10:1092a, are omitted as surplusage. 10:1098 (words before last 
semicolon) is omitted as obsolete.
    In subsection (c), the first 15 words are substituted for the words 
``all of which cadets shall be''. The words ``domiciled in'' are 
substituted for the words ``actual residents of'' to conform to opinions 
of the Judge Advocate General of the Army (R. 29, 83; J.A.G. 351.11, 
Feb. 10, 1925).
    In subsection (e)(4), the words ``armed forces'' are substituted for 
the description of the land or naval forces. The date February 1, 1955, 
fixed by Proclamation No. 3080 (Jan. 7, 1955; 20 F.R. 173), is 
substituted for the words ``such date as shall thereafter be determined 
by Presidential proclamation or concurrent resolution of the Congress 
under section 745 of title 38''. The words ``including male and female 
members of * * * and all components thereof'' are omitted as surplusage.
    In subsection (f), the words ``whether a death is service-
connected'' are substituted for the words ``as to the service connection 
of the cause of death''.
    In subsection (g), the words ``(National Guard of the United States, 
the Air National Guard of the United States, the Army Reserve, and the 
Air Force Reserve)'', ``Regular components'', ``by members of the 
National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the 
United States'' and ``established at the competitive entrance 
examination'' are omitted as surplusage. The word ``grades'' is 
substituted for the words ``proficiency averages''.
    In subsection (h), the words ``or shall hereafter be'' are omitted 
as surplusage.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, 
Sec. 531(a)(1)], struck out ``, other than those granted retired pay 
under section 12731 of this title (or under section 1331 of this title 
as in effect before the effective date of the Reserve Officer Personnel 
Management Act)'' after ``retired or retainer pay''.
    Subsec. (b)(1)(C), (D). Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, 
Sec. 531(a)(2)], added subpars. (C) and (D).
    1999--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 531(b)(1)(A), substituted 
``(determined for any year as of the day before the last day of the 
academic year) is 4,000. Subject to that limitation, cadets are selected 
as follows:'' for ``is as follows:'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 1067(1), substituted ``and the 
Committee on Armed Services'' for ``and the Committee on National 
Security'' in introductory provisions.
    Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 531(b)(1)(B), added subsec. (i).
    1997--Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 105-85 substituted ``Mariana'' for 
``Marianas''.
    1996--Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 532(a), added par. 
(10).
    Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1502(a)(1), substituted 
``Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
National Security of the House of Representatives'' for ``Committees on 
Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives''.
    1994--Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``section 12731 
of this title (or under section 1331 of this title as in effect before 
the effective date of the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act)'' 
for ``section 1331 of this title''.
    1993--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-160 in concluding provisions 
substituted ``10 persons'' for ``a principal candidate and nine 
alternates'' and inserted at end ``Nominees may be submitted without 
ranking or with a principal candidate and 9 ranked or unranked 
alternates. Qualified nominees not selected for appointment under this 
subsection shall be considered qualified alternates for the purposes of 
selection under other provisions of this chapter.''
    1990--Subsec. (a)(8) to (10). Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 532(a)(1)(A), 
redesignated cls. (9) and (10) as (8) and (9), respectively, and struck 
out former cl. (8) which read as follows: ``One cadet nominated by the 
Administrator of the Panama Canal Commission from the children of 
civilian personnel of the United States Government residing in the 
Republic of Panama who are citizens of the United States.''
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 532(a)(1)(B), substituted 
``clauses (2) through (9)'' for ``clauses (2)-(7), (9), or (10)''.
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101-510, Sec. 532(a)(1)(C), substituted 
``clauses (3) through (9)'' for ``clauses (3)-(7), (9) and (10)''.
    1989--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-189 substituted ``Department of 
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.
    1983--Subsec. (a)(8). Pub. L. 98-94, Sec. 1005(b)(1), substituted 
``One cadet nominated by the Administrator of the Panama Canal 
Commission from the children of civilian personnel of the United States 
Government residing in the Republic of Panama who are citizens of the 
United States'' for ``One cadet nominated by the Governor of the Panama 
Canal from the children of civilians residing in the Canal Zone or the 
children of civilian personnel of the United States Government, or the 
Panama Canal Company, residing in the Republic of Panama''.
    Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 98-94, Sec. 1005(a)(1), substituted ``, 
nominated by the Delegate in Congress from American Samoa'' for 
``nominated by the Secretary of the Army upon recommendation of the 
Governor of Samoa''.
    1981--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 97-60 substituted provisions authorizing 
the Superintendent to nominate for appointment each year 50 persons from 
the country at large for provisions that all cadets were to be appointed 
by the President and that all such appointments were conditional until 
the cadet was admitted. See section 4341a of this title.
    1980--Subsec. (a)(6), (9). Pub. L. 96-600 substituted ``Two cadets'' 
for ``One cadet''.
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 96-513 substituted ``The'' for ``Effective 
beginning with nominations for appointment to the Academy in the 
calendar year 1964, the''.
    1975--Subsecs. (a)(1), (8), (b)(1), (c). Pub. L. 94-106 substituted 
``children'' for ``sons'' wherever appearing.
    1973--Subsec. (a)(6). Pub. L. 93-171, Sec. 1(1), substituted ``One 
cadet from the Virgin Islands, nominated by the Delegate in Congress 
from the Virgin Islands'' for ``Five cadets from each Territory, 
nominated by the Delegate in Congress from the Territory''.
    Subsec. (a)(9). Pub. L. 93-171, Sec. 1(2), struck out reference to 
Guam and Virgin Islands.
    Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 93-171, Sec. 1(3), added cl. (10).
    Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 93-171, Sec. 1(4), substituted ``, (9) and (10) 
of subsection (a)'' for ``and (9) of subsection (a)'' and struck out 
reference to Territory.
    1972--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 92-365 increased the number of cadets 
from 40 to 65 and added sons of members who are in a missing status and 
sons of civilian employees who are in missing status as eligible for the 
competitive examination.
    1970--Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 91-405 substituted ``Delegate to the 
House of Representatives from the District of Columbia'' for 
``Commissioner of that District''.
    1968--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 90-374 increased from five to nine the 
number of alternates for each vacancy each Senator, Representative, and 
Delegate in Congress, including the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
Rico, is entitled to nominate.
    Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 90-623 substituted ``Commissioner'' for 
``Commissioners''.
    1966--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 89-650, Sec. 1(1), provided for 
selection of cadets to the Military Academy from sons of members of the 
armed forces who have a 100 per centum service-connected disability and 
removed the limitation to active service during World War I or World War 
II or after June 26, 1950, and before Feb. 1, 1955.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 89-650, Sec. 1(2), provided for nominations 
to the Military Academy by the President pro tempore of the Senate if 
there is no Vice President.
    Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 89-650, Sec. 1(3), increased the number of 
Presidential appointments to the Military Academy from 75 to 100, 
provided for selection of eligible persons as stated in items (A) and 
(B), previously chosen from sons of members of regular components, and 
declared persons eligible under subsec. (a)(1) ineligible under subsec. 
(b)(1) of this section.
    Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 89-650, Sec. 1(4), substituted ``reserve 
components of the Army'' for ``the Army Reserve''.
    1964--Pub. L. 88-276 amended section generally, and among other 
changes, in the noncompetitive appointments, increased the number of 
cadets nominated by the Vice President from three to five, each Senator, 
Representative, and Delegate from 4 to 5, and the Commissioner of Puerto 
Rico from 4 to 5, authorized the Governor of Puerto Rico to appoint one 
cadet, each Senator, Representative and Delegate to nominate a principal 
and five alternates for each vacancy, and, in the competitive 
appointments, permitted the President to appoint 75 cadets annually from 
the sons of members of the Regular components, instead of a cumulative 
total of 89, the Secretary of the Army to appoint 85 cadets annually 
from enlisted members of the Regular Army, instead of a cumulative total 
of 90, 85 annually from enlisted members of the Army Reserve, instead of 
a cumulative total of 90, 20 annually from honor graduates of designated 
honor schools and the R.O.T.C., instead of a cumulative total of 40 from 
honor schools only, 150 annually, in order of merit, from among the 
qualified alternates nominated by members of Congress, and when the 
quota of cadets selected under subsecs. (b)(1), (2), (3) is not filled, 
to fill the vacancies by appointing those best qualified from any of the 
three sources, decreased the number of cadets nominated by the 
Commissioners of the District of Columbia from 6 to 5, and by the 
Governor of the Panama Canal from 2 to 1, limited appointments to the 
number that can be adequately accommodated at the Academy, within the 
limitation that congressional appointments cannot be limited to less 
than four, and if limited, a priority of selection is established for 
the other categories, and, beginning in 1964, the Secretary may upon 
request of a Member of Congress, furnish him the name of any nominating 
authority responsible for the nomination of any identified person to the 
Academy.
    1962--Subsec. (a)(10). Pub. L. 87-663, Sec. 1(1), added cl. (10).
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-633, Sec. 1(2), inserted references to 
American Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and substituted ``clauses 
(1)-(5) and (10)'' for ``clauses (1)-(5).''
    1958--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-861 inserted a comma after 
``district''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as 
otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103-337, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-60 effective with respect to nominations for 
appointment to the first class admitted to each Academy after Oct. 14, 
1981, see section 203(d) of Pub. L. 97-60, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 4341a of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1980 Amendments

    Section 2(d) of Pub. L. 96-600 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by this section [amending this section and sections 6954 and 9342 of 
this title] shall be effective beginning with the nominations for 
appointment to the service academies for academic years beginning more 
than one year after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 24, 1980].''
    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-513 effective Dec. 12, 1980, see section 
701(b)(3) of Pub. L. 96-513, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    Section 4 of Pub. L. 93-171 provided that: ``The amendments made by 
this Act [amending this section and sections 4343, 6954, 6956, 6958, 
9342, and 9343 of this title] shall be effective beginning with the 
nominations for appointments to the service academies in the calendar 
year 1974.''


                    Effective Date of 1970 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 91-405 effective Sept. 22, 1970, see section 
206(b) of Pub. L. 91-405, set out as an Effective Date note under 
section 25a of Title 2, The Congress.


                    Effective Date of 1968 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 90-623 intended to restate without substantive 
change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90-
623, set out as a note under section 5334 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees.


                    Effective Date of 1958 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 85-861 effective Aug. 10, 1956, see section 
33(g) of Pub. L. 85-861, set out as a note under section 101 of this 
title.


         Strength Limitations at United States Military Academy

    Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 531(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 
Stat. 601, provided that:
    ``(1) The Secretary of the Army shall take such action as necessary 
to ensure that the United States Military Academy is in compliance with 
the USMA cadet strength limit not later than the day before the last day 
of the 2001-2002 academic year.
    ``(2) The Secretary of the Army may provide for a variance to the 
USMA cadet strength limit--
        ``(A) as of the day before the last day of the 1999-2000 
    academic year of not more than 5 percent; and
        ``(B) as of the day before the last day of the 2000-2001 
    academic year of not more than 2\1/2\ percent.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection--
        ``(A) the USMA cadet strength limit is the maximum of 4,000 
    cadets established for the Corps of Cadets at the United States 
    Military Academy by section 511 of the National Defense 
    Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-
    190; [former] 10 U.S.C. 4342 note), reenacted in section 4342(a) of 
    title 10, United States Code, by the amendment made by subsection 
    (b)(1); and
        ``(B) the last day of an academic year is graduation day.''


   Limitation on Number of Cadets and Midshipmen Authorized To Attend 
                            Service Academies

    Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title V, Sec. 511(a)-(d), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 
Stat. 1359, 1360, provided that authorized strength of Corps of Cadets 
of United States Military Academy, Air Force Cadets of United States Air 
Force Academy, and brigade of midshipmen of United States Naval Academy 
could not exceed 4,000 for each service academy for class years 
beginning after 1994, and contained provisions concerning effect of 
class reductions on certain appointments and requiring Comptroller 
General to make determinations and reports, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 
106-65, div. A, title V, Sec. 531(b)(4), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 602.
    Section 531 of Pub. L. 101-510, which required that number of 
appointments made for class entering service academy in 1991 not exceed 
the number 100 less than the number entering service academy in 1990, 
and that number of such appointments not exceed 1,000 in 1995, was 
repealed by Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title V, Sec. 511(e), Dec. 5, 1991, 
105 Stat. 1360.


   Eligibility of Female Individuals for Appointment and Admission to 
 Service Academies; Uniform Application of Academic and Other Standards 
                     to Male and Female Individuals

    Section 803(a) of Pub. L. 94-106 provided that: ``Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, in the administration of chapter 403 of 
title 10, United States Code [this chapter] (relating to the United 
States Military Academy), chapter 603 of such title (relating to the 
United States Naval Academy), and chapter 903 of such title (relating to 
the United States Air Force Academy), the Secretary of the military 
department concerned shall take such action as may be necessary and 
appropriate to insure that (1) female individuals shall be eligible for 
appointment and admission to the service academy concerned, beginning 
with appointments to such academy for the class beginning in calendar 
year 1976, and (2) the academic and other relevant standards required 
for appointment, admission, training, graduation, and commissioning of 
female individuals shall be the same as those required for male 
individuals, except for those minimum essential adjustments in such 
standards required because of physiological differences between male and 
female individuals.''


 Secretary To Implement Policy of Expeditious Admission of Women to the 
                                 Academy

    Section 803(c) of Pub. L. 94-106 provided that: ``It is the sense of 
Congress that, subject to the provisions of subsection (a) [note set out 
above], the Secretaries of the military departments shall, under the 
direction of the Secretary of Defense, continue to exercise the 
authority granted them in chapters 403, 603 and 903 of title 10, United 
States Code, but such authority must be exercised within a program 
providing for the orderly and expeditious admission of women to the 
academies, consistent with the needs of the services, with the 
implementation of such program upon enactment of this Act [Oct. 7, 
1975].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 4343, 4344 of this title.
