10 U.S.C. § 8453

Midshipmen: appointment

Midshipmen at the Naval Academy shall be appointed by the President alone. An appointment is conditional until the midshipman is admitted.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 429 , § 6953; Pub. L. 97–60, title II, § 203(b)(1) , Oct. 14, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1006 ; renumbered § 8453, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1836 .)