Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (d), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 116–92, which was approved Dec. 20, 2019.

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 renumbered section 320 of this title as this section.

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11247(a)(2), substituted “subsection (d)” for “subsection (c)”.

Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 117–263, § 11247(a)(1), (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), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1745, provided that:

“(1)

In general.—

Beginning on December 31, 2026, 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.

“(2)

Cost assessment.—

Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 18, 2025], 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.”