Members of Congress nominate individuals for appointment to USMMA. The number of positions in an entering class at this service academy are allocated by regulation issued by the Secretary of Transportation. Under the regulation, each Senator, Representative, Delegate, and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico may nominate 10 candidates to compete for admission to the academy. Individual applicants from states are appointed to the academy in proportion to the state’s representation in Congress. The regulation allocates four vacancies to nominees from the District of Columbia and one vacancy each to nominees from Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. The allocation of positions by state and territory is listed in Table 2. The regulation states that nominating officials may select individuals for nomination by any method they wish, including a screening examination.