Sec. 8274. ASSESSMENT OF COAST GUARD ACADEMY ADMISSION PROCESSES

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## SEC. 8274 ASSESSMENT OF COAST GUARD ACADEMY ADMISSION PROCESSES ###

(a)In General The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall seek to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Public Administration under which the National Academy of Public Administration shall, not later than 1 year after submitting an assessment under section 8272(a), submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate an assessment of the Coast Guard Academy admissions process. ###

(b)Assessment Scope The assessment required to be sought under subsection

(a)shall, at a minimum, include— ####

(1)a study, or an audit if appropriate, of the process the Coast Guard Academy uses to— #####

(A)identify candidates for recruitment; #####

(B)recruit applicants; #####

(C)assist applicants in the application process; #####

(D)evaluate applications; and #####

(E)make admissions decisions; ####

(2)discussion of the consideration during the admissions process of diversity, including— #####

(A)race; #####

(B)ethnicity; #####

(C)gender; #####

(D)religion; #####

(E)sexual orientation; #####

(F)socioeconomic background; and #####

(G)geographic origin; ####

(3)an overview of the admissions processes at other Federal service academies, including— #####

(A)discussion of consideration of diversity, including any efforts to attract a diverse pool of applicants, in those processes; and #####

(B)an analysis of how the congressional nominations requirement in current law related to military service academies and the Merchant Marine Academy impacts those processes and the overall demographics of the student bodies at those academies; ####

(4)a determination regarding how a congressional nominations requirement for Coast Guard Academy admissions could impact diversity among the student body and the ability of the Coast Guard to carry out effectively the Service’s primary duties described in section 102 of title 14, United States Code; and ####

(5)recommendations for improving Coast Guard Academy admissions processes, including whether a congressional nominations process should be integrated into such processes.