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[CITE: 10USC6968]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                    PART III--EDUCATION AND TRAINING
 
                CHAPTER 603--UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
 
Sec. 6968. Board of Visitors

    (a) A Board of Visitors to the Naval Academy is constituted annually 
of--
        (1) the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the 
    Senate, or his designee;
        (2) three other members of the Senate designated by the Vice 
    President or the President pro tempore of the Senate, two of whom 
    are members of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
        (3) the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
    of Representatives, or his designee;
        (4) four other members of the House of Representatives 
    designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two of 
    whom are members of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
    Representatives; and
        (5) six persons designated by the President.

    (b) The persons designated by the President serve for three years 
each except that any member whose term of office has expired shall 
continue to serve until his successor is appointed. The President shall 
designate two persons each year to succeed the members whose terms 
expire that year.
    (c) If a member of the Board dies or resigns, a successor shall be 
designated for the unexpired portion of the term by the official who 
designated the member.
    (d) The Board shall visit the Academy annually. With the approval of 
the Secretary of the Navy, the Board or its members may make other 
visits to the Academy in connection with the duties of the Board or to 
consult with the Superintendent of the Academy.
    (e) The Board shall inquire into the state of morale and discipline, 
the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, 
academic methods, and other matters relating to the Academy that the 
Board decides to consider.
    (f) Within 60 days after its annual visit, the Board shall submit a 
written report to the President of its action and of its views and 
recommendations pertaining to the Academy. Any report of a visit, other 
than the annual visit, shall, if approved by a majority of the members 
of the Board, be submitted to the President within 60 days after the 
approval.
    (g) Upon approval by the Secretary, the Board may call in advisers 
for consultation.
    (h) While performing his duties, each member of the Board and each 
adviser shall be reimbursed under Government travel regulations for his 
travel expenses.

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 434; Pub. L. 96-579, Sec. 13(b), 
Dec. 23, 1980, 94 Stat. 3369; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title X, 
Sec. 1061(e)(2), title XV, Sec. 1502(a)(12), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 
443, 503; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 
113 Stat. 774.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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            Revised section                      Source (U.S. Code)            
   Source (Statutes at Large)
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6968(a), (b)..........................  34 U.S.C. 1083.                      Ju
ne 29, 1948, ch. 714, Sec.  1, 62
                                                                              S
tat. 1094.
                                        34 U.S.C. 1084.                      Ju
ne 29, 1948, ch. 714, Sec.  2, 62
                                                                              S
tat. 1094.
6968(c)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1085.                      Ju
ne 29, 1948, ch. 714, Sec.  3, 62
                                                                              S
tat. 1094.
6968(d)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1086.                      Ju
ne 29, 1948, ch. 714, Sec.  4, 62
                                                                              S
tat. 1094; June 30, 1954, ch.
                                                                              4
32, Sec.  732, 68 Stat. 356.
6968(e), (f), (g).....................  34 U.S.C. 1087.                      Ju
ne 29, 1948, ch. 714, Sec.  5, 62
                                                                              S
tat. 1094.
6968(h)...............................  34 U.S.C. 1088.                      Ju
ne 29, 1948, ch. 714, Sec.  6, 62
                                                                              S
tat. 1094.
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    In subsection (a) the words ``A Board of Visitors to the Naval 
Academy is constituted annually'' are substituted for the words ``There 
shall be appointed * * * every year a Board of Visitors'', since 
appointments, in the strict sense, are not involved.
    In subsection (b) the language establishing staggered terms is 
eliminated as executed, and the existence of such terms is recognized by 
the use of the words ``two persons shall be designated by him each year 
to succeed the members whose terms expire that year''. No effect is 
given to the language ``the nine Presidential appointees''. The hearings 
indicate that one of the bills considered provided for nine such 
``appointees'', and it appears that the number nine was inadvertently 
retained. The provision specifically authorizes only six Presidential 
designees.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services'' for ``Committee on National Security''.
    1996--Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1502(a)(12), substituted 
``National Security'' for ``Armed Services''.
    Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 104-106, Sec. 1061(e)(2), struck out ``is 
entitled to not more than $5 a day and'' after ``each adviser''.
    1980--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-579 required member whose term of 
office had expired to continue service until appointment of a successor.
