§1927 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can set an amount to give each new cadet when they first enter the Academy to pay for initial uniforms and gear, and that amount will later be taken out of the cadet’s pay. A cadet discharged before graduation who owes money for those advances must return all military-style clothing and equipment to the Academy to cover the debt, and if the items’ value does not cover what is owed, the remaining debt is canceled.

Title 14, §1927

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The Secretary may prescribe a sum which shall be credited to each new cadet upon first admission to the Academy, to cover the cost of an initial clothing and equipment issue, which sum shall be deducted subsequently from the pay of such cadet. Each cadet discharged prior to graduation who is indebted to the United States on account of advances of pay to purchase required clothing and equipment shall be required to turn in to the Academy all clothing and equipment of a distinctively military nature to the extent required to discharge such indebtedness; and, if the value of such clothing and equipment so turned in does not cover the indebtedness incurred, then such indebtedness shall be canceled.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 15 (

June 23, 1906, ch. 3520, § 2, 34 Stat. 452; Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1, 38 Stat. 800;

July 3, 1926, ch. 742, § 6, 44 Stat. 816;

July 30, 1937, ch. 545, § 5, 50 Stat. 549). Said section has been divided. That part dealing with clothing allowance for cadets is placed in this section and the other parts are incorporated in section 182 of this title. Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress,

House Report No. 557

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “of an initial” for “of his initial” and “from the pay of such cadet” for “from his pay”. 2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 183 of this title as this section. 1951—Act Aug. 22, 1951, substituted provision that the Secretary may prescribe the sum to be credited for the former prescribed sum of $250, and inserted second sentence.

§1927 Cadets; initial clothing allowance