Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-110

§1904 Advisory Board on Women at the Coast Guard Academy

Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 19 — COAST GUARD ACADEMY › SUBCHAPTER I — ADMINISTRATION › § 1904

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates an Advisory Board on Women at the Coast Guard Academy made up of at least 12 current cadets, with at least 3 cadets from each class. The Superintendent must appoint members within 60 days after a new class is sworn in. Each cadet serves one academic year. The Superintendent may reappoint up to 6 cadets from the prior year for one more academic year. The board must meet the Commandant at least once each academic year and meet in person with the Superintendent at least twice each academic year. The board looks for opportunities and problems facing women cadets, including culture, leadership development, and access to health care. It may create working groups and include other cadets. The board must regularly give reports and briefings with recommendations to the Commandant and the Superintendent, in writing, in person, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §1904

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(a)In General.—
The Superintendent of the Academy shall establish at the Coast Guard Academy an advisory board to be known as the Advisory Board on Women at the Coast Guard Academy (referred to in this section as the “Advisory Board”).
(b)Membership.—
The Advisory Board shall be composed of not fewer than 12 current cadets of the Coast Guard Academy, including not fewer than 3 cadets from each current class.
(c)Appointment; Term.—
Cadets shall serve on the Advisory Board pursuant to appointment by the Superintendent of the Academy. Appointments shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of the swearing in of a new class of cadets at the Academy. The term of membership of a cadet on the Advisory Board shall be 1 academic year.
(d)Reappointment.—
The Superintendent of the Academy may reappoint not more than 6 cadets from the previous term to serve on the Advisory Board for an additional academic year if the Superintendent of the Academy determines such reappointment to be in the best interests of the Coast Guard Academy.
(e)Meetings.—
The Advisory Board shall meet with the Commandant at least once each academic year on the activities of the Advisory Board. The Advisory Board shall meet in person with the Superintendent of the Academy not less than twice each academic year on the duties of the Advisory Board.
(f)Duties.—
The Advisory Board shall identify opportunities and challenges facing cadets at the Academy who are women, including an assessment of culture, leadership development, and access to health care of cadets at the Academy who are women.
(g)Working Groups.—
The Advisory Board may establish one or more working groups to assist the Advisory Board in carrying out its duties, including working groups composed in part of cadets at the Academy who are not current members of the Advisory Board.
(h)Reports and Briefings.—
The Advisory Board shall regularly provide the Commandant and the Superintendent reports and briefings on the results of its duties, including recommendations for actions to be taken in light of such results. Such reports and briefings may be provided in writing, in person, or both.

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A prior section 1904 was renumbered section 1906 of this title.

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14 U.S.C. § 1904

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110