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Service Academies District of Columbia Equality Act of 2025

To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of individuals from the District of Columbia who may be appointed to military service academies.

Introduced Nov 7, 2025

Latest action (Nov 7, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Referred to
Armed Services Committee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary

This bill would increase the number of District of Columbia residents who may be appointed to the three major U.S. military service academies. The bill would increase District of Columbia appointments to the United States Military Academy (West Point) from 5 to 15 per year. The bill would increase District of Columbia appointments to the United States Naval Academy from 5 to 15 per year. The bill would increase District of Columbia appointments to the United States Air Force Academy from 5 to 15 per year. The effect would triple the current appointment allocation for DC residents to each of these academies.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 7, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. · senate
  2. Nov 7, 2025 Introduced in Senate

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5971 — Service Academies District of Columbia Equality Act · Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 86%
  • S 5068 — Service Academy Parity Act · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 5046 — Restoring Merit in the Military Service Academies Act · Introduced Aug 26, 2025 · Cong. 119 59%
  • HRES 871 — Recognizing the service of all District of Columbia veterans, condemning the denial of voting representation in Congress and full local self-government for veterans and their families who are District of Columbia residents, and calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51 and S. 51), particularly in light of the service of District of Columbia veterans in every American war. · Introduced Nov 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 6627 — Improving the Enlisted to Officer Judge Advocate Program Act · Introduced Dec 11, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%
  • HR 5179 — District of Columbia Attorney General Appointment Reform Act of 2025 · Introduced Sep 30, 2025 · Cong. 119 56%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

November 7, 2025

Mr. Kaine introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To amend title 10, United States Code, to increase the number of individuals from the District of Columbia who may be appointed to military service academies.

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 “Service Academies District of Columbia Equality Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. INCREASED NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO MAY BE APPOINTED TO MILITARY SERVICE ACADEMIES.

(a) United States Military Academy.—Section 7442(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Five” and inserting “Fifteen”.

(b) United States Naval Academy.—Section 8454(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Five” and inserting “Fifteen”.

(c) United States Air Force Academy.—Section 9442(a)(5) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “Five” and inserting “Fifteen”. <all>

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