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                                   TITLE 14.--COAST GUARD

                               Chapter 9.--COAST GUARD ACADEMY

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           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.)