# § 2301. Recruiting campaigns
The Secretary shall initiate and carry forward an intensified voluntary enlistment campaign to obtain the required personnel strengths.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, § 7(a), 70A Stat. 620, § 350; renumbered § 2301, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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| 350 | 34:187 (as made applicable to Coast Guard by 34:189).34:189 (as applicable to 34:187).50 App.:470 (last sentence). | Oct. 6, 1945, ch. 393, §§ 2 (as made applicable to Coast Guard by § 13), 13 (as applicable to § 2), 59 Stat. 538, 542.June 24, 1948, ch. 625, § 20 (last sentence), 62 Stat. 627; Sept. 27, 1950, ch. 1059, § 1(14), 64 Stat. 1074. |
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2018— renumbered as this section.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Partnership Program To Diversify Coast Guard
> **“(a)** **Establishment.—** The Commandant [of the Coast Guard] shall establish a program for the purpose of increasing the number of individuals in the enlisted ranks of the Coast Guard who are—
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> **“(1)** underrepresented minorities; or
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> **“(2)** from rural areas.
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> **“(b)** **Partnerships.—** In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Commandant shall—
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> **“(1)** seek to enter into 1 or more partnerships with eligible institutions—
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> **“(A)** to increase the visibility of Coast Guard careers;
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> **“(B)** to promote curriculum development—
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> **“(i)** to enable acceptance into the Coast Guard; and
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> **“(ii)** to improve success on relevant exams, such as the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery; and
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> **“(C)** to provide mentoring for students entering and beginning Coast Guard careers; and
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> **“(2)** enter into a partnership with an existing Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps for the purpose of promoting Coast Guard careers.
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> **“(c)** **Definitions.—** In this section:
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> **“(1)** **Eligible institution.—** The term ‘eligible institution’ means an institution—
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> **“(A)** that is—
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> **“(i)** an institution of higher education (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); or
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> **“(ii)** a junior or community college (as such term is defined in section 312 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058)[)]; and
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> **“(B)** that is—
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> **“(i)** a part B institution (as such term is defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061));
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> **“(ii)** a Tribal College or University (as such term is defined in section 316(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)));
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> **“(iii)** a Hispanic-serving institution (as such term is defined in section 502 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1101a));
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> **“(iv)** an Alaska Native-serving institution or a Native Hawaiian-serving institution (as such term is defined in section 317(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)));
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> **“(v)** a Predominantly Black institution (as such term is defined in section 371(c) of that Act (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)));
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> **“(vi)** an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-serving institution (as defined in section 320(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059g(b))); or
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> **“(vii)** a Native American-serving nontribal institution (as defined in section 319(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059f(b)).
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> **“(2)** **Rural area.—** The term ‘rural area’ means an area that is outside of an urbanized area, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.”
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