H.R. 3488: Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-06-25 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-06-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

Plain summary

Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act This bill concerns matters related to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Among other things, the bill establishes a commission to assess the level of cultural competence within the academy; mandates a recruitment and retention plan for the academy; provides statutory authority for a minority outreach team program to recruit minority students to the academy; requires the Coast Guard to select half of each academy class from a pool of applicants with congressional nominations; and provides statutory authority for and expands the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative, which allows certain undergraduate students to enlist and receive a guaranteed commission as an officer in the Coast Guard.

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Coast Guard Academy Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] · 3 cosponsors

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J. Luis Correa (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] reported raising $928,245 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr3488.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr3488 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116