uals, and determining whether businesses are eligible to 
participate in the program. 
‘‘(d) TERMINATION.—This section shall cease to be 
effective three years after the date of its enactment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at the be-
ginning of that chapter is further amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘678. Disadvantaged business enterprise program.’’. 
SEC. 220. ENFORCEMENT OF COASTWISE TRADE LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 5 of title 14, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 101. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws 
‘‘Officers and members of the Coast Guard are au-
thorized to enforce chapter 551 of title 46. The Secretary 
shall establish a program for these officers and members 
to enforce that chapter, including the application of those 
laws to vessels that support the exploration, development, 
and production of oil, gas, or mineral resources in the Gulf 
of Mexico.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for that 
chapter is amended by adding at the end the following 
new item: 
‘‘101. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws.’’. 
(c) REPORT.—The Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating shall submit a report
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation within 
one year after the date of enactment of this Act on the 
enforcement strategies and enforcement actions taken to 
enforce the coastwise trade laws. 
SEC. 221. NOMINATION AND APPOINTMENT OF CADETS AT 
THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY. 
(a) NOMINATION AND COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT, 
GENERALLY.—Section 182(a) of title 14, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) NOMINATION AND COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT 
OF CADETS.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY FOR NOMINATION.—An indi-
vidual may be nominated for a competitive appoint-
ment as a cadet at the Coast Guard Academy only 
if the individual— 
‘‘(A) is a citizen or national of the United 
States; and 
‘‘(B) meets the minimum requirements 
that the Secretary shall establish. 
‘‘(2) NOMINATORS.—Nominations for competi-
tive appointments for the positions allocated under 
this section may be made as follows:
‘‘(A) A Senator may nominate residents of 
the State represented by that Senator. 
‘‘(B) A Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives may nominate residents of the 
State in which the congressional district rep-
resented by that Member is located. 
‘‘(C) A Delegate to the House of Rep-
resentatives from the District of Columbia, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa may 
nominate residents of the jurisdiction rep-
resented by that Delegate. 
‘‘(D) The Resident Commissioner to the 
United States from Puerto Rico may nominate 
residents of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(E) The Governor of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands may nominate residents of the 
Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(3) ALLOCATION OF POSITIONS.—Positions for 
competitive appointments shall be allocated each 
year as follows: 
‘‘(A) Positions shall be allocated for resi-
dents of each State nominated by the Members 
of Congress from that State in proportion to 
the representation in Congress from that State.
‘‘(B) Four positions shall be allocated for 
residents of the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(C) One position each shall be allocated 
for residents of the Virgin Islands, Guam, and 
American Samoa, respectively. 
‘‘(D) One position shall be allocated for a 
resident of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(E) One position shall be allocated for a 
resident of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(F) Two positions shall be allocated for 
individuals nominated by the Panama Canal 
Commission. 
‘‘(4) COMPETITIVE
SYSTEM
FOR
APPOINT-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
SYSTEM.—The 
Secretary shall establish a competitive system 
for selecting for appointment individuals nomi-
nated under paragraph (1) to fill the positions 
allocated under paragraph (3). The system 
must determine the relative merit of each indi-
vidual based on competitive examinations, an 
assessment of the individual’s academic back-
ground, and other effective indicators of moti-
vation and probability of successful completion 
of training at the Academy.
‘‘(B) APPOINTMENTS BY JURISDICTION.— 
The Secretary shall appoint individuals to fill 
the positions allocated under subsection (c) for 
each jurisdiction in the order of merit of the in-
dividuals nominated from that jurisdiction. 
‘‘(C) REMAINING UNFILLED POSITIONS.— 
If positions remain unfilled after the appoint-
ments are made under paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary shall appoint individuals to fill the posi-
tions in the order of merit of the remaining in-
dividuals nominated from all jurisdictions. 
‘‘(5) NONCOMPETITIVE
APPOINTMENTS.—The 
Secretary may appoint each year without competi-
tion as cadets at the Academy the following: 
‘‘(A) Without limit, the children of persons 
who have been awarded the Medal of Honor for 
acts performed while in the armed forces. 
‘‘(B) Without limit— 
‘‘(i) children of individuals who died 
while on active duty in the armed forces of 
the United States; 
‘‘(ii) children of individuals who are 
determined by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to have a service-connected dis-
ability rated at not less than 100 percent
resulting from wounds or injuries received 
in, diseases contracted in, or preexisting 
injury or disease aggravated by, active 
service; 
‘‘(iii) children of members of the 
armed forces of the United States who are 
in a missing status as defined in section 
551(2) of title 37; and 
‘‘(iv) children of civilian employees of 
the armed forces of the United States who 
are in missing status as defined in section 
5561(5) of title 5. 
‘‘(C) Not more than 25 enlisted members 
of the Coast Guard; 
‘‘(D) Not more than 20 qualified individ-
uals with qualities the Secretary considers to be 
of special value to the Academy and that the 
Secretary considers will achieve a national de-
mographic balance at the Academy. 
‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS FROM PAR-
TICULAR AREAS.— 
‘‘(A) OTHER
COUNTRIES
IN
WESTERN 
HEMISPHERE.—The President may appoint in-
dividuals from countries in the Western Hemi-
sphere other than the United States to receive