---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 1905"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "1905"
heading: "Coast Guard Academy minority outreach team program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/1905"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 19 — Coast Guard Academy"
  - "Subchapter I — Administration"
---

# §1905. Coast Guard Academy minority outreach team program

- (a) **In General.—** There is established within the Coast Guard Academy a minority outreach team program (in this section referred to as the “Program”) under which officers, including minority officers and officers from territories and other possessions of the [United States](/usc/14/2941.md?p=4), who are Academy graduates may volunteer their time to recruit minority students and strengthen cadet retention through mentorship of cadets.
- (b) **Administration.—** Not later than January 1, 2021, the Commandant, in consultation with Program volunteers and Academy alumni that participated in prior programs at the Academy similar to the Program, shall appoint a permanent civilian position at the Academy to administer the Program by, among other things—
  - (1) overseeing administration of the Program;
  - (2) serving as a resource to volunteers and outside stakeholders;
  - (3) advising Academy leadership on recruitment and retention efforts based on recommendations from volunteers and outside stakeholders;
  - (4) establishing strategic goals and performance metrics for the Program with input from active volunteers and Academy leadership; and
  - (5) reporting annually to the Commandant on academic year and performance outcomes of the goals for the Program before the end of each academic year.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8275(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4685.)