14 U.S.C. § 193 : US Code - Section 193: Advisory Committee

Search 14 U.S.C. § 193 : US Code - Section 193: Advisory Committee

The Secretary may appoint an Advisory Committee to the Academy,
consisting of not more than seven persons of distinction in
education and other fields relating to the purposes of the Academy,
who shall serve without pay (or, in the case of a member of the
Committee who is an officer or employee of the United States, who
shall receive no additional pay on account of his service on the
Committee). Members of the Advisory Committee shall be appointed
for terms of not to exceed three years and may be reappointed. The
Secretary shall, in June of each year, appoint one of the members
to serve as chairman. The members so appointed shall visit the
Academy at least once during the academic year on the call of the
chairman and may convene once each year at Headquarters, at the
call of the Commandant, for the purpose of examining the course of
instruction and advising the Commandant relative thereto. Each
member of the Committee shall be reimbursed from Coast Guard
appropriations in conformity with the provisions of chapter 57 of
title 5. The Secretary shall, not less often than once a year,
publish notice in the Federal Register for solicitation of
nominations for membership on the Advisory Committee. The Advisory
Committee is authorized to make available to Congress any
information, advice, and recommendations which the Advisory
Committee is authorized to give to the Secretary or the Commandant.
The Committee terminates on September 30, 1994.