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[CITE: 10USC6953]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                    PART III--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
                CHAPTER 603--UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
 
Sec. 6953. Midshipmen: appointment

    Midshipmen at the Naval Academy shall be appointed by the President 
alone. An appointment is conditional until the midshipman is admitted.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 429; Pub. L. 97-60, title II, 
Sec. 203(b)(1), Oct. 14, 1981, 95 Stat. 1006.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    This section is included in this chapter without specific reference 
to statutory source to resolve the ambiguities and conflicts existing in 
the statutes relating to the appointment of midshipmen at the Naval 
Academy. The word ``appoint'' has been used in various statutes when the 
intent of Congress was to provide authority in the persons named to 
``choose,'' ``select,'' or ``nominate'' for the office of midshipman. 
These statutes have been collected and codified in Sec. 6954 of this 
title, which reflects the various sources of nominees for 
``appointment'' as midshipmen and the persons who may so ``nominate'' 
them. The actual appointing power resides in the President and this 
implied authority is herein expressed for clarity and for the purpose of 
uniformity of expression.


                               Amendments

    1981--Pub. L. 97-60 inserted provision that an appointment is 
conditional until the midshipman is admitted.


                    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.
