((a)) ** .—** Subject to the approval of the Commandant, the Superintendent of the Academy shall issue and make available to the public written policies—
((1)) subject to subsection (d), defining hazing;
((2)) designed to prevent hazing; and
((3)) prescribing dismissal, suspension, or other adequate punishment for violations.
((b)) ** .—** If a cadet who is charged with violating a policy 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, the cadet may not be dismissed for that offense except under sentence of such a court.
((c)) ** .—** A cadet dismissed from the Academy for hazing or bullying may not be reappointed to the Corps of Cadets, and is ineligible for appointment as commissioned officer in a regular component of the Coast Guard, until the date that is 2 years after the date of the graduation of the class of the cadet.
((d)) ** .—** In developing the policies under subsection (a)(1), the Superintendent shall, to the maximum extent practicable, define the term “hazing” as the unauthorized assumption of authority by a cadet whereby another cadet suffers or is exposed to any cruelty, indignity, humiliation, hardship, or oppression, or the deprivation or abridgement of any right.
