§7455 Board of Visitors

Summary

Creates a Board of Visitors for the Academy made fresh each year. The Board includes the chair and the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (or someone they pick); two other Senators picked by the Senate Majority Leader (one must sit on the Senate Appropriations Committee); two Senators picked by the Senate Minority Leader (one must sit on Appropriations); the chair and ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee (or someone they pick); two House members picked by the Speaker (one must sit on the House Appropriations Committee); two House members picked by the House Minority Leader; and six people the President names. The six people the President names serve three years each, and two of those spots are filled each year. If a member dies or quits, the official who picked that person names someone to finish the term. The Board must visit the Academy once a year and can make other visits if the Secretary of the Army agrees. The Board looks into things like morale, discipline, curriculum, teaching, equipment, and finances. It must send a written report to the President and the Armed Services Committees within 60 days after the annual visit. Other visit reports need a majority vote to send and also must go within 60 days after approval. With the Secretary’s OK, the Board can bring in advisers. Members and advisers get travel pay under government rules. A majority of the Board can call one official meeting each year. Members may attend in person at the Academy or join remotely if they choose.