§ 1909. Policy on hazing

Statutory text

In General.—

Subject to the approval of the Commandant, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue and make available to the public written policies—

subject to subsection (d), defining hazing;

designed to prevent hazing; and

prescribing dismissal, suspension, or other adequate punishment for violations.

Effect of Request for Court-martial.—

If a cadet who is charged with violating a policy issued under subsection (a), the penalty for which is or may be dismissal from the Academy, requests in writing a trial by a general court-martial, the cadet may not be dismissed for that offense except under sentence of such a court.

Limitation.—

A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing or bullying may not be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets, and is ineligible for appointment as commissioned 1 officer in a regular component of the Coast Guard, until the date that is 2 years after the date of the graduation of the class of the cadet.

Definition of Hazing.—

In developing the policies under subsection (a)(1), the Superintendent shall, to the maximum extent practicable, define the term “hazing” as the unauthorized assumption of authority by a cadet whereby another cadet suffers or is exposed to any cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hardship, or oppression, or the deprivation or abridgement of any right.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be preceded by “a”.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

2025
Pub. L. 119–60 div. G title LXXII § 7245(a) · 139 Stat. 1730
Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 1909
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7245(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1730.)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7245(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1730.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7245(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1730.)