Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§1927 Cadets; Initial Clothing Allowance
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 19 — COAST GUARD ACADEMY › SUBCHAPTER II — CADETS › § 1927
Summary
The Secretary can give new cadets an amount at admission to pay for clothing and equipment and later take it from their pay. Cadets who leave before graduation must return military clothing and gear to cover any pay advances; if those items are worth less, the debt is canceled.
Full Legal Text
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.
Legislative History
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.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 1927
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102