This bill would increase the number of District of Columbia residents who can be appointed to the three major U.S. military service academies—West Point, the Naval Academy, and the Air Force Academy. Currently, D.C. is permitted to nominate five candidates to each academy per year; this legislation would triple that number to fifteen candidates per academy annually. The bill, introduced in November 2025 by D.C. Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, addresses what supporters view as an inequity in how D.C. is treated compared to states in the military academy appointment process. The change would affect D.C. high school students seeking admission to these prestigious military institutions and would require no additional federal funding, as it simply adjusts existing nomination quotas.
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