---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 180"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "180"
heading: "Service academy athletic programs: review board"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/180"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part I — Organization and General Military Powers"
  - "Chapter 7 — Boards, Councils, and Committees"
---

# §180. Service academy athletic programs: review board

- (a) **Independent Review Board.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) of Defense shall appoint a board to review the administration of the athletics [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) [Military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) Academy, the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Naval Academy, and the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Air Force Academy.
- (b) **Composition of Board.—** The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall appoint the members of the board from among distinguished [administrators](/usc/10/2700.md?p=3) of institutions of higher education, members of Congress, members of the Boards of Visitors of the academies, and other experts in collegiate athletics [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1). The Superintendents of the three academies shall be members of the board. The [Secretary](/usc/10/4951.md?p=3) shall designate one member of the board, other than a Superintendent of an academy, as Chairman.
- (c) **Duties.—** The board shall, on an annual basis—
  - (1) review all aspects of the athletics [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) [Military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) Academy, the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Naval Academy, and the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) Air Force Academy, including—
    - (A) the policies relating to the administration of such [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1);
    - (B) the appropriateness of the balance between the emphasis placed by each academy on athletics and the emphasis placed by such academy on academic pursuits; and
    - (C) the extent to which all athletes in all sports are treated equitably under the athletics [program](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) of each academy; and
  - (2) determine ways in which the administration of the athletics [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) at the academies can serve as models for the administration of athletics [programs](/usc/10/2101.md?p=1) at civilian institutions of higher education.
- (d) **Administrative Provisions.—**
  - (1) Each member of the board who is not an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employee of the Federal Government shall be compensated at a [rate](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) equal to the daily equivalent of the annual [rate](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) of basic [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) prescribed for Executive Schedule Level IV under [section 5315 of title 5](/usc/5/5315.md), for each day (including travel time) during which such member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the board. Members of the board who are [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employees of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) shall serve without compensation in addition to that received for their services as [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) or employees of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1).
  - (2) The members of the board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at [rates](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-9) authorized for employees of [agencies](/usc/10/3451.md?p=3) under subchapter I of [chapter 57](/usc/5/chptIII/sptD/ch57.md) of title 5, while away from their homes or [regular](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-12) places of business in the performance of services for the board.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 102–190, div. A, title V, § 513(a), Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1360; amended Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title X, § 1066(a)(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 770; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–290.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–398 substituted “section 5315” for “section 5376”.

1999—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106–65 substituted “Executive Schedule Level IV under section 5376 of title 5” for “grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5”.