14 U.S.C. § 337 — Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps

submitted 7 years ago by Pub. L. 116-92 to r/title-14-COAST-GUARD · 271 words · no verdicts yet

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The Coast Guard's Secretary can set up Junior ROTC units at public and private schools. These units generally follow the same rules as other military JROTC programs. The Secretary takes the place of other officials named in those rules. Starting December 31, 2025, at least one program must exist in every Coast Guard district.

(a) The Secretary of the department that oversees the Coast Guard may create and run a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC), made up of units at public and private secondary schools. (b) Except for the situation described in (d), the same rules that apply to JROTC programs in the regular military departments (chapter 102 of title 10) apply to Coast Guard JROTC too. When applying those rules here: (1) any mention of a "military department" means the department that runs the Coast Guard; and (2) any mention of a "Secretary of a military department," "Secretary concerned," or the "Secretary of Defense" means the Secretary of the department that runs the Coast Guard. (c) Starting December 31, 2025, the Secretary must always keep at least one Coast Guard JROTC program running in each Coast Guard district. (d) The chapter 102 rules described in (b) do not apply to a Coast Guard JROTC unit that already existed before this section became law — unless the Secretary decides it makes sense to apply those rules to that unit anyway.

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(a)Establishment.—

The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may establish and maintain a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, organized into units, at public and private secondary educational institutions.

(b)Applicability.—

Except as provided in subsection (d), the provisions of chapter 102 of title 10 shall apply to a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps established and maintained under this section in the same manner that such provisions apply to the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps of each military department. For purposes of the application of such provisions to this section—

(1)

any reference in such provisions to a “military department” shall be treated as a reference to the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; and

(2)

any reference in such provisions to a “Secretary of a military department”, a “Secretary concerned”, or the “Secretary of Defense” shall be treated as a reference to the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating.

(c)Scope.—

Beginning on December 31, 2025, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall maintain at all times a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program with not fewer than 1 such program established in each Coast Guard district.

(d)Exception.—

The requirements of chapter 102 of title 10 shall not apply to a unit of the Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps established by the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating before the date of the enactment of this section unless the Secretary determines it is appropriate to apply such requirements to such unit.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 519(a), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1350, § 320; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, § 11247(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4047; renumbered § 337, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

2019Enacted · Pub. L. 116-92 · 133 Stat. 1350
2022Amended · Pub. L. 117-263 · 136 Stat. 4047
2025Amended · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1675

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 116-92 on 2019-12-20.

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