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46 U.S.C. § 51301 — Maintenance of the Academy
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain the United States Merchant Marine Academy as an institution of higher education to provide instruction to individuals to prepare them for service in the merchant marine of the United States, to conduct research with respect to maritime-related matters, and to provide such other appropriate academic support, assistance, training, and activities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as the Secretary may authorize.
**(b) Recruitment.—** The Secretary of Transportation may, subject to the availability of appropriations, expend funds available for United States Merchant Marine Academy operating expenses for recruiting activities, including advertising, in order to obtain recruits for the Academy and cadet applicants.
**(c) Superintendent.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The immediate command of the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be in the Superintendent of the Academy, subject to the direction of the Maritime Administrator under the general supervision of the Secretary of Transportation.
(2) **Appointment.—** — The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint as the Superintendent—
(A) an individual who has—
(i) attained the rank of Captain, Chief Mate, or Chief Engineer in the merchant marine of the United States, or a general or flag officer rank in the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(ii) served at sea in any rank;
(B) an individual who has—
(i)
(I) served at sea in the merchant marine, Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or
(II) held a valid Coast Guard merchant mariner credential; and
(ii) demonstrated exem
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain the United States Merchant Marine Academy as an institution of higher education to provide instruction to individuals to prepare them for service in the merchant marine of the United States, to conduct research with respect to maritime-related matters, and to provide such other appropriate academic support, assistance, training, and activities in accordance with the provisions of this chapter as the Secretary may authorize.
**(b) Recruitment.—** The Secretary of Transportation may, subject to the availability of appropriations, expend funds available for United States Merchant Marine Academy operating expenses for recruiting activities, including advertising, in order to obtain recruits for the Academy and cadet applicants.
**(c) Superintendent.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The immediate command of the United States Merchant Marine Academy shall be in the Superintendent of the Academy, subject to the direction of the Maritime Administrator under the general supervision of the Secretary of Transportation.
(2) **Appointment.—** — The Secretary of Transportation shall appoint as the Superintendent—
(A) an individual who has—
(i) attained the rank of Captain, Chief Mate, or Chief Engineer in the merchant marine of the United States, or a general or flag officer rank in the Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(ii) served at sea in any rank;
(B) an individual who has—
(i)
(I) served at sea in the merchant marine, Navy, Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; or
(II) held a valid Coast Guard merchant mariner credential; and
(ii) demonstrated exemplary leadership in the education of individuals in the Armed Forces or United States merchant marine; or
(C) if a qualified individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) does not apply for the position, an individual who has—
(i) attained the grade of captain or above in the merchant marine, Navy, Coast Guard, or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or colonel or above in the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps; and
(ii) served at sea in any grade.
(3) **Rule of construction.—** — Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary of Transportation may appoint an individual who is the best qualified candidate, even if such individual does not fully meet the criteria described in paragraph (2).
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) **Training course.—**
(A) *In general.—* — The Commandant, and such other individuals and organizations as the Commandant considers appropriate, shall develop a training course on the workings of Congress.
(B) *Timing.—*
(i) *In general.—* — The training course developed in subparagraph (A) shall be offered at least once each year.
(ii) *Additional training.—* — The training developed under subparagraph (A) may be provided more than once a year to facilitate timely receipt by covered recipients.
(2) **Annual basis.—**
(A) *In general.—* — At least once each year, any covered recipients shall receive the training developed under paragraph (1).
(B) *Covered recipients.—* — In this paragraph, the term “covered recipients” means—
(i) flag officers serving in the Coast Guard;
(ii) members of the senior executive service (career reserved) serving in positions in the Coast Guard; and
(iii) political appointees—
(I) serving in positions in the Coast Guard; or
(II) at the Department of Homeland Security with Coast Guard in their portfolio, including any Senior Advisor to the Secretary for the Coast Guard.
(3) **Course subject matter.—** — The training course required by this subsection shall provide an overview and introduction to Congress and the Federal legislative process, including—
(A) the history and structure of Congress and the committee systems of the House of Representatives and the Senate, including the functions and responsibilities of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;
(B) the documents produced by Congress, including bills, resolutions, committee reports, and co
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**(a) Required Policy.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Secretary of Transportation shall direct the Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy to prescribe a policy on sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking applicable to the cadets and other personnel of the Academy.
(2) **Matters to be specified in policy.—** — The policy on sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking prescribed under this subsection shall include—
(A) a program to promote awareness and prevention of the incidence of rape, acquaintance rape, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and other sexual offenses of a criminal nature that involve cadets or other Academy personnel;
(B) procedures for documenting, tracking, and maintaining the data required to conduct the annual assessments to determine the effectiveness of the policies, procedures, and training program of the Academy with respect to sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking involving cadets or other Academy personnel, as required by subsection (c);
(C) procedures that a cadet or other Academy personnel should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, including—
(i) specifying the person or persons to whom an alleged occurrence of sexual harassment, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking should be reported by the victim and the options for confidential reporting;
(ii) specifying any other person whom the victim should contact; and
(iii) procedures on the preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of a criminal sexual offense;
(D) procedures for investig
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TITLE 46—SHIPPING
§ 51104
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
Revised
Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
51103(a) ......
46 App.:1295 (last
sentence cl. (1)).
June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title
XIII, § 1301 (last sentence
cl. (1)), as added Pub. L.
96–453, § 2, Oct. 15, 1980, 94
Stat. 1997; Pub. L. 97–31,
§ 12(142)(A), Aug. 6, 1981, 95
Stat. 166.
51103(b) ......
46 App.:1295g(b).
June 29, 1936, ch. 858, title
XIII, § 1308(b)–(d), as added
Pub. L. 96–453, § 2, Oct. 15,
1980, 94 Stat. 2007.
51103(c) ......
46 App.:1295g(c).
51103(d) ......
46 App.:1295g(d).
In subsection (c), the word ‘‘department’’ is omitted
as unnecessary because of the definition of ‘‘agency’’ in
chapter 1 of the revised title.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2014—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 113–281 added subsec. (e).
2012—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–213, § 404(1), struck out
‘‘Surplus’’ before ‘‘Property’’ in heading.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 112–213, § 404(2), amended par.
(1) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
‘‘The Secretary may cooperate with and assist the in-
stitutions named in paragraph (2) by making vessels,
shipboard equipment, and other marine equipment,
owned by the United States Government and deter-
mined to be excess or surplus, available to those insti-
tutions for instructional purposes, by gift, loan, sale,
lease, or charter on terms the Secretary considers ap-
propriate.’’
Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 112–213, § 404(3), inserted ‘‘or
a training institution that is an instrumentality of a
State, the District of Columbia, a territory or posses-
sion of the United States, or a unit of local government
thereof’’ after ‘‘a nonprofit training institution’’.
§ 51104. General authority of Secretary of the
Navy
The Secretary of the Navy
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