10 U.S.C. § 7452

Cadets: hazing

(a)

Subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Army, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue regulations—

(1)

defining hazing;

(2)

designed to prevent that practice; and

(3)

prescribing dismissal, suspension, or other adequate punishment for violations.

(b)

If a cadet who is charged with violating a regulation issued under subsection (a), the penalty for which is or may be dismissal from the Academy, requests in writing a trial by a general court-martial, he may not be dismissed for that offense except under sentence of such a court.

(c)

A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing may not be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets, and is ineligible for appointment as a commissioned officer in a regular component of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force, until two years after the graduation of his class.

( Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041 , 70A Stat. 244 , § 4352; renumbered § 7452, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 808(c)(1) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1839 ; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title IX, § 924(c)(1)(A) , Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 3826 .)