46 USC § 51311 - Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve

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title: "46 USC § 51311 - Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve"
title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
section_number: "51311"
section_name: "Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve"
chapter_number: 513
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Merchant Marine Service"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1575; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(g)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3236; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3523(a)(1), (b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 598, 600.)"
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# § 51311. Midshipman status in the Navy Reserve

**(a)** **Application Requirement.—** Before being appointed as a cadet at the United States Merchant Marine Academy, a citizen of the United States must agree to apply for midshipman status in the Navy Reserve (including the Merchant Marine Reserve, Navy Reserve).

**(b)** **Appointment.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** A citizen of the United States appointed as a cadet at the Academy shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Navy as a midshipman in the Navy Reserve (including the Merchant Marine Reserve, Navy Reserve).

**(2)** **Rights and privileges.—** The Secretary of the Navy shall provide for cadets of the Academy who are midshipmen in the United States Navy Reserve to be—

**(A)** issued an identification card (referred to as a “military ID card”); and

**(B)** entitled to all rights and privileges in accordance with the same eligibility criteria as apply to other members of the Ready Reserve of the reserve components of the armed forces.

**(3)** **Coordination.—** The Secretary of the Navy shall carry out paragraphs (1) and (2) in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–304, § 8(b), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1575; Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(g)(2), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3236; Pub. L. 110–181, div. C, title XXXV, § 3523(a)(1), (b), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 598, 600.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 51311(a) | 46 App.:1295b(b) (3)(F). | June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title XIII, § 1303(b)(3)(F), (c), as added Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 1999, 2000; Pub. L. 105–261, div. A, title V, § 568, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2031; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1066(b)(5), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 772. |
| 51311(b) | 46 App.:1295b(c). |  |

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2008—, repealed . See 2006 Amendment note below.

Subsecs. (a), (b)(1), (2). , incorporated the substance of the amendment by , into this section by substituting “Navy Reserve” for “Naval Reserve” wherever appearing in section catchline and text. See 2006 Amendment note below and , set out as a Legislative Purpose and Construction note preceding .

2006—, which directed the amendment of section 1295b of the former Appendix to this title from which this section was derived, was repealed by . See 2008 Amendment note for subsecs. (a), (b)(1), (2) and Historical and Revision notes above.