resentative from the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands who nominated a cadet who was 
otherwise eligible for appointment and accepted an 
appointment.’’; 
(3) by redesignating section 195 as section 
182d of such chapter, and transferring such section 
so as to appear after section 182c (as added by 
paragraph (1) of this subsection); and 
(4) by inserting after section 182d (as redesig-
nated and transferred by paragraph (2) of this sub-
section) the following: 
‘‘§ 182e. Conduct 
‘‘(a) The Secretary may summarily dismiss from the 
Coast Guard any cadet at the Coast Guard Academy who, 
during his or her cadetship, is found unsatisfactory in ei-
ther studies or conduct, or is considered by the Secretary 
to be not suitable for a career in the Coast Guard. 
‘‘(b) Cadets shall be subject to rules governing dis-
cipline and conduct that are prescribed by the Com-
mandant. 
‘‘§ 182f. Agreement 
‘‘(a) As a condition for appointment as a cadet at 
the Coast Guard Academy, the Secretary shall require 
that each cadet shall sign an agreement with respect to 
the cadet’s length of service in the Coast Guard. The 
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agreement shall provide that the cadet agrees to the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The cadet will complete the course of in-
struction at the Academy. 
‘‘(2) Upon graduation from the Academy the 
cadet— 
‘‘(A) will accept an appointment, if ten-
dered, as a commissioned officer of the Coast 
Guard; and 
‘‘(B) will serve on active duty for at least 
five years immediately after such appointment. 
‘‘(3) If an appointment described in paragraph 
(2) is not tendered or if the cadet is permitted to 
resign as a regular officer before the completion of 
the commissioned service obligation of the cadet, the 
cadet— 
‘‘(A) will accept an appointment as a com-
missioned officer in the Coast Guard Reserve; 
and 
‘‘(B) will remain in that reserve component 
until completion of the commissioned service ob-
ligation of the cadet. 
‘‘(b)(1) The Secretary may transfer to the Coast 
Guard Reserve, and may order to active duty for such pe-
riod of time as the Secretary prescribes (but not to exceed 
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four years), a cadet who breaches an agreement under 
subsection (a). The period of time for which a cadet is 
ordered to active duty under this paragraph may be deter-
mined without regard to section 651(a) of title 10. 
‘‘(2) A cadet who is transferred to the Coast Guard 
Reserve under paragraph (1) shall be transferred in an 
appropriate enlisted grade or rating, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), a cadet shall be 
considered to have breached an agreement under sub-
section (a) if the cadet is separated from the Academy 
under circumstances that the Secretary determines con-
stitute a breach by the cadet of the cadet’s agreement to 
complete the course of instruction at the Academy and ac-
cept an appointment as a commissioned officer upon grad-
uation from the Academy. 
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to 
carry out this section. The regulations shall include— 
‘‘(1) standards for determining what con-
stitutes, for the purpose of subsection (b), a breach 
of an agreement under subsection (a); 
‘‘(2) procedures for determining whether such a 
breach has occurred; and 
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‘‘(3) standards for determining the period of 
time for which a person may be ordered to serve on 
active duty under subsection (b). 
‘‘(d) In this section, the term ‘commissioned service 
obligation’, with respect to an officer who is a graduate 
of the Academy, means the period beginning on the date 
of the officer’s appointment as a commissioned officer and 
ending on the sixth anniversary of such appointment or, 
at the discretion of the Secretary, any later date up to 
the eighth anniversary of such appointment. 
‘‘(e)(1) This section does not apply to a foreign na-
tional receiving instruction at the Academy under section 
182d. 
‘‘(2) In the case of a cadet who is a minor and who 
has parents or a guardian, the cadet may sign the agree-
ment required by subsection (a) only with the consent of 
the parent or guardian. 
‘‘(f) For purposes of section 303a(e) of title 37, fail-
ure by a cadet or former cadet to fulfill the terms of the 
obligation to serve as specified under subsection (a), or 
an alternative obligation imposed under subsection (b), 
shall be treated as failure to fulfill an eligibility require-
ment.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis at the be-
ginning of such chapter is amended— 
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(1) by striking the item relating to section 182 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘182. Regulations governing cadets. 
‘‘182a. Corps of Cadets authorized strength. 
‘‘182b. Nominations. 
‘‘182c. Appointments. 
‘‘182d. Admission of foreign nationals for instruction; restrictions; conditions. 
‘‘182e. Conduct. 
‘‘182f. Agreement.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking the item relating to section 195. 
(c) TRANSITION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 182b and 182c of 
title 14, United States Code, as amended by this 
section, shall apply only with respect to individuals 
who will begin at the Coast Guard Academy in aca-
demic program year 2017 or any such year there-
after, except that— 
(A) for academic program year 2017, no 
less than 18 percent of the individuals ap-
pointed to begin at the Academy in such year 
shall be appointed from individuals nominated 
in accordance with section 182b of such title; 
(B) for academic program year 2018, no 
less than 36 percent of the individuals ap-
pointed to begin at the Academy in such year 
shall be appointed from individuals nominated 
in accordance with such section; and 
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(C) for academic program year 2019, no 
less than 54 percent of the individuals ap-
pointed to begin at the Academy in such year 
shall be appointed from individuals nominated 
in accordance with such section. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
ACTIONS.—The Secretary of 
the department in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating may take any additional action the Secretary 
considers necessary and appropriate to provide for 
the transition to the nomination, selection, and ap-
pointment process provided under the amendments 
made by this section. 
Æ 
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