Midshipmen Education Certainty Act

Midshipmen Education Certainty Act - Makes appropriations available each fiscal year for operations of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy for any period during which interim or full-year appropriations for the Academy are not in effect.

Requires funds made available for a fiscal year under this Act to remain available until the enactment of: (1) an appropriation for such fiscal year (including a continuing appropriation) for such operations; or (2) an applicable regular appropriation for the Maritime Administration for such fiscal year, or continuing appropriations resolution for such fiscal year, without any appropriation for such operations.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4830 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4830

To amend title 46, United States Code, to ensure continuing funding for 
               the United States Merchant Marine Academy.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 2014

  Mr. Israel (for himself and Mr. Bishop of New York) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 46, United States Code, to ensure continuing funding for 
               the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Midshipmen Education Certainty 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING FUNDING FOR THE UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE 
              ACADEMY.

    Section 51301 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) Continuing Funding.--
            ``(1) In general.--Out of any funds in the general fund of 
        the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby 
        appropriated such sums as are necessary for operations of the 
        United States Merchant Marine Academy for any period during 
        which interim or full-year appropriations are not in effect for 
        the United States Merchant Marine Academy, for fiscal year 2014 
        and each fiscal year thereafter.
            ``(2) Termination.--Funds made available for a fiscal year 
        by this subsection shall remain available until whichever of 
        the following first occurs:
                    ``(A) The enactment into law of an appropriation 
                for such fiscal year (including a continuing 
                appropriation) for such operations.
                    ``(B) The enactment into law for the Maritime 
                Administration of the applicable regular appropriation 
                for such fiscal year, or continuing appropriations 
                resolution for such fiscal year, without any 
                appropriation for such operations.''.
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