[United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
[S. Doc. 104-1]
[USCODETITLE]
[Page 654]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



[[Page 654]]
 
                               TITLE 14.--COAST GUARD

            
                           Chapter 9.--COAST GUARD ACADEMY

       446  Sec. 194. Annual Board of Visitors.
                (a) In addition to the Advisory Committee, a Board of 
            Visitors to the Academy is established to visit the Academy 
            annually and to make recommendations on the operation of the 
            Academy.
                (b) The Board shall be composed of--
                            (1) two Senators designated by the Chairman 
                        of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
                        Transportation of the Senate;
                            (2) three Members of the House of 
                        Representatives designated by the Chairman of 
                        the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 
                        of the House of Representatives;
                            (3) one Senator designated by the President 
                        of the Senate;
                            (4) two Members of the House of 
                        Representatives designated by the Speaker of the 
                        House of Representatives; and
                            (5) the Chairman of the Committee on 
                        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
                        Senate and the Chairman of the Committee on 
                        Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of 
                        Representatives, as ex offico Members.
                (c) When a Member is unable to attend the annual meeting 
            another Member may be designated as provided under 
            subsection (b).
                (d) When an ex officio Member is unable to attend the 
            annual meeting that Member may designate another Member.
                (e) Members of the Board shall be designated in the 
            First Session and serve for the duration of the Congress.
                (f) The Board shall visit the Academy annually on the 
            date chosen by the Secretary. Each Member of the Board shall 
            be reimbursed, to the extent permitted by law, by the Coast 
            Guard for actual expenses incurred while engaged in duties 
            as a Member of the Board. (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 1, 63 
            Stat. 510; Nov. 16, 1990, Pub. L. 101-595, Sec. 304, 104 
            Stat. 2984.)