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title: "14 U.S.C. § 1921"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 1921 - Corps of Cadets authorized strength

## Text

The number of cadets appointed annually to the Academy shall be as determined by the Secretary but the number appointed in any one year shall not exceed six hundred.

(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 110(c)(1)(B), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4213.)