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567 567 (c) A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing may not be reappointed as an A i r Force cadet, and is ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, until two years after the graduation of his class. §9353. Cadets: degree and commission on graduation (a) Under such conditions as the Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe, the Superintendent of the Academy may confer the degree of bachelor of science upon graduates of the Academy. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law except section 541 of this title, a cadet who completes the prescribed course of instruction may, upon graduation, be appointed a second lieutenant in the Regular Air Force. § 9354. Buildings and grounds: buildings for religious worship The Secretary of the Air Force may authorize any denomination, sect, or religious body to erect a building for religious worship at the Air Force Academy, if its erection will not interfere with the use of the reservation for military purposes and will be without expense to the United States. Such a building shall be removed, or its location changed, without compensation for it and without expense to the United States, by the denomination, sect, or religious body that erected it, whenever in the opinion of the Secretary public or military necessity so requires. § 9355. Board of Visitors (a) A Board of Visitors to the 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) Of the first six persons designated by the President, two shall be designated to serve for one year, two shall be designated to serve for two years, and two shall be designated to serve for three years. Persons designated thereafter serve for three years. Two persons shall be designated by him 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 desigiiated 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 Air Force, 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. 81913 O—56

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