To amend title 10, United States Code, and the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide authorization for the officer of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense as a member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate individuals for appointment to the United States service academies.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Allows an officer of the Department of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense as a member of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission to nominate one cadet to each of the three U.S. service academies. (Current law provides for the Commission's Administrator to make the nominations.) Amends the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 to include a parallel provision with respect to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Limits those eligible for nomination to the Academy to children of civilian personnel of the U.S. Government residing in Panama who are U.S. citizens.…