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[CITE: 10USC6958]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                    PART III--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
                CHAPTER 603--UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
 
Sec. 6958. Midshipmen: qualifications for admission

    (a) Each candidate for admission to the Naval Academy--
        (1) must be at least 17 years of age and must not have passed 
    his twenty-third birthday on July 1 of the calendar year in which he 
    enters the Academy; and
        (2) shall be examined according to such regulations as the 
    Secretary of the Navy prescribes, and if rejected at one examination 
    may not be examined again for admission to the same class unless 
    recommended by the Academic Board.

    (b) Each candidate for admission nominated under clauses (3) through 
(9) of section 6954(a) of this title 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.
    (c) Each candidate nominated under clause (2) or (3) of section 
6954(b) of this title--
        (1) must be a citizen of the United States;
        (2) must have passed the required physical examination; and
        (3) shall be appointed in the order of merit from candidates who 
    have, in competition with each other, passed the required mental 
    examination.

    (d) To be admitted to the Naval Academy, an appointee must take and 
subscribe to an oath prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. If a 
candidate for admission refuses to take and subscribe to the prescribed 
oath, the candidate's appointment is terminated.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 431; Pub. L. 87-663, Sec. 1(4), 
Sept. 14, 1962, 76 Stat. 547; Pub. L. 93-171, Sec. 2(5), Nov. 29, 1973, 
87 Stat. 690; Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, title V, Sec. 532(b)(3), Nov. 5, 
1990, 104 Stat. 1563; Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title V, Sec. 512, Dec. 
5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1360; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title V, Sec. 555(c), 
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2527; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 541(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1740.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6958(a)(1)............................  34 U.S.C. 1047 (less 1st proviso).   Ju
ne 30, 1950, ch. 421, Sec.  2
                                                                              (
less 1st proviso), 64 Stat. 304.
6958(a)(2)............................  34 U.S.C. 1043.                      R.
S. 1515.
6958(b)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1047 (2d proviso).         Ju
ne 30, 1950, ch. 421, Sec.  2 (2d
                                                                              p
roviso), 64 Stat. 304.
6958(c)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1042.                      Ma
r. 4, 1917, ch. 180, 39 Stat.
                                                                              1
182 (1st par.).
                                        34 U.S.C. 1032 (less 1st 70 words).  De
c. 20, 1917, ch. 5, Sec.  1 (less
                                                                              1
st 70 words), 40 Stat. 430; Aug.
                                                                              1
3, 1946, ch. 962, Sec.  16, 60
                                                                              S
tat. 1061; May 16, 1947, ch. 77,
                                                                              S
ec.  1(o), 61 Stat. 100.
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    In subsection (a) the effective date is omitted as executed. The 
words ``at least 17 years of age and must not have passed his twenty-
second birthday'' are substituted for the words ``not less than 
seventeen years of age and not more than twenty-two years of age'' to 
remove ambiguity, and for uniformity of treatment of provisions of this 
type. The reference to time of examination is omitted as being included 
within the Secretary's authority to prescribe regulations, which is 
stated in the subsection. The words ``Academic Board'' are substituted 
for the words ``board of examiners''.
    In subsection (b) the words ``domiciled in'' are substituted for the 
words ``actual resident of'' since this term has been so interpreted.


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105-85 added subsec. (d).
    1996--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``twenty-third 
birthday'' for ``twenty-second birthday''.
    1991--Subsec. (c)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 102-190 redesignated pars. (3) 
and (4) as (2) and (3), respectively, and struck out former par. (2) 
which required candidates to have served at least one year as enlisted 
members on date of entrance.
    1990--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101-510 substituted ``clauses (3) through 
(9)'' for ``clauses (3)-(7), (9) and (10)''.
    1973--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-171 substituted ``, (9) and (10) of 
section 6954(a)'' for ``and (9) of section 6954(a)'' and struck out ``or 
Territory''.
    1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-663 inserted references to American 
Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, and substituted ``clauses (3)-(7) 
and (9)'' for ``clauses (3)-(7)''.


                    Effective Date of 1973 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 93-171, see section 4 of 
Pub. L. 93-171, set out as a note under section 4342 of this title.


   Authority To Waive Maximum Age Limitation on Admission to Service 
 Academies for Certain Enlisted Members Who Served During Persian Gulf 
                                   War

    For authority to waive maximum age limitation in subsec. (a)(1) of 
this section on basis of service on active duty in connection with 
Operation Desert Storm, see section 514 of Pub. L. 102-190, set out as a 
note under section 4346 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6957 of this title.
