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.
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—
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
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.
Scope .—
Beginning on , 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.
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.
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title V, § 519(a)133 Stat. 1350Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, § 11247(a)136 Stat. 4047Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b)139 Stat. 1675(Added , , , § 320; amended , , ; renumbered § 337, , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Pub. L. 116–92The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (d), is the date of enactment of , which was approved .
Amendments
Pub. L. 119–60section 320 of this title2025— renumbered as this section.
Pub. L. 117–263, § 11247(a)(2)2022—Subsec. (b). , substituted “subsection (d)” for “subsection (c)”.
Pub. L. 117–263, § 11247(a)(1)Subsecs. (c), (d). , (3), added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Expansion
Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7268(b)139 Stat. 1745
In general .—
Beginning on , 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 20 such programs.
Cost assessment .—
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [], the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall provide Congress with an estimate of the costs associated with implementing this subsection.”