ACADEMY REQUIREMENTS Sample Clauses

ACADEMY REQUIREMENTS. (A) In consideration of the payments to be made to the Academy pursuant to Articles 2 and 4 of this Agreement, and of the payments to designated students enrolled in the Academy pursuant to Article 3 of this Agreement as well as the availability of a training vessel for use in accordance with Article 6, the Academy shall, and as a condition of the Agreement agrees to: (1) Provide courses of instruction in navigation, marine engineering (including steam and diesel propulsion), the operation and maintenance of new vessels and equipment, and innovations being introduced to the merchant marine of the United States, as approved by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Administration; and (2) Conform to such standards in such courses, training facilities, entrance requirements, and instruction in a merchant marine officer preparation program, that the Administration may establish after consultation with the Superintendents or Presidents of the State Maritime Academies; and (3) Require, as a condition for graduation, that each individual who is a citizen of the United States and who is attending the Academy in a merchant marine officer preparation program shall pass the examination administered by the USCG required for issuance of a Merchant Mariner Credential with a license endorsement under 46 U.S.C. § 7101. With the approval of the Maritime Administration, an individual who is not allowed to take the licensing examination only because of physical or medical disqualification, or who is unable to pass the licensing examination only because of physical or medical disqualification, may be allowed by the Academy to obtain a degree; and (4) Require that, any individual enrolled at the Academy in a merchant marine officer preparation program on or after January 1, 2017: (i) shall, not later than nine (9) months after the date of such individual’s enrollment at the Academy, pass an examination, in form and substance satisfactory to the Deputy Associate Administrator for Maritime Education and Training, that demonstrates that such individual meets the medical and physical standards required for the issuance of an Merchant Mariner Credential with a license endorsement under 46 U.S.C. § 7101 or set by the United States Coast Guard for issuing merchant mariners’ documentation under 46 U.S.C. § 7302, with no limit to the individual’s operational authority; and (ii) shall, following passage of the examination required under subparagraph (i), continue to meet the requirements ...