US Code
Title 14— COAST GUARD
SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL

§ 1906. Participation in Federal, State, or other educational research grants - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the United...

SUBCHAPTER II— CADETS

§ 1921. Corps of Cadets authorized strength - The number of cadets appointed annually to the Academy shall...

§ 1922. Appointments - Appointments to cadetships shall be made under regulations prescribed by...

§ 1923. Admission of foreign nationals for instruction; restrictions; conditions - (a) A foreign national may not receive instruction at the...

§ 1924. Conduct - The Secretary may summarily dismiss from the Coast Guard any...

§ 1925. Agreement - (a) Each cadet shall sign an agreement with respect to...

§ 1926. Cadet applicants; preappointment travel to Academy - The Secretary is authorized to expend appropriated funds for selective...

§ 1927. Cadets; initial clothing allowance - The Secretary may prescribe a sum which shall be credited...

§ 1928. Cadets; degree of bachelor of science - The Superintendent of the Academy may, under such rules and...

§ 1929. Cadets; appointment as ensign - The President may, by and with the advice and consent...

§ 1930. Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation - (a) Prohibition.—Except as provided in subsection (b), no charge or...

SUBCHAPTER III— FACULTY

§ 1941. Civilian teaching staff - (a) The Secretary may appoint in the Coast Guard such...

§ 1942. Permanent commissioned teaching staff; composition - The permanent commissioned teaching staff at the Academy shall consist...

§ 1943. Appointment of permanent commissioned teaching staff - The President may appoint in the Coast Guard, by and...

§ 1944. Grade of permanent commissioned teaching staff - Professors shall be commissioned officers with grade not above captain,...

§ 1945. Retirement of permanent commissioned teaching staff - Professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and instructors in the Coast...

§ 1946. Credit for service as member of civilian teaching staff - Service as a member of the civilian teaching staff at...

§ 1947. Assignment of personnel as instructors - The Commandant may assign any member to appropriate instruction duty...

§ 1948. Marine safety curriculum - The Commandant shall ensure that professional courses of study in...

CHAPTER 21— PERSONNEL; OFFICERS

SUBCHAPTER I— APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION

§ 2101. Original appointment of permanent commissioned officers - (a)(1) The President may appoint permanent commissioned officers in the...

§ 2102. Active duty promotion list - (a) The Secretary shall maintain a single active duty promotion...

§ 2103. Number and distribution of commissioned officers on active duty promotion list - (a) Maximum Total Number.—(1) In general.—The total number of Coast...

§ 2104. Appointment of temporary officers - (a) The president may appoint temporary commissioned officers—(1) in the...

§ 2105. Rank of warrant officers - (a) Among warrant officer grades, warrant officers of a higher...

§ 2106. Selection boards; convening of boards - At least once a year and at such other times...

§ 2107. Selection boards; composition of boards - A board convened under shall consist of five or more...

§ 2108. Selection boards; notice of convening; communication with board - (a) Before a board is convened under section 2106 of...

§ 2109. Selection boards; oath of members - (1) that the member will, without prejudice or partiality, and...

§ 2110. Number of officers to be selected for promotion - Before convening a board under to recommend officers for promotion...

§ 2111. Promotion zones - (a) Before convening a selection board to recommend officers for...

§ 2112. Promotion year; defined - For the purposes of this chapter, “promotion year” means the...

§ 2113. Eligibility of officers for consideration for promotion - (a) An officer on the active duty promotion list becomes...

§ 2114. United States Deputy Marshals in Alaska - Commissioned officers may be appointed as United States Deputy Marshals...

§ 2115. Selection boards; information to be furnished boards - (a) In General.—The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board...

§ 2116. Officers to be recommended for promotion - (a) A selection board convened to recommend officers for promotion...

§ 2117. Selection boards; reports - (a) Each board convened under section 2106 of this title...

§ 2118. Selection boards; submission of reports - (a) A board convened under section 2106 of this title...

§ 2119. Failure of selection for promotion - An officer, other than an officer serving in the grade...

§ 2120. Special selection boards; correction of errors - (a) Officers Not Considered Due to Administrative Error.—(1) In general.—If...

§ 2120a. Special selection review boards - (a) In General.—(1) If the Secretary determines that a person...

§ 2121. Promotions; appointments - (a) When the report of a board convened to recommend...

§ 2122. Removal of officer from list of selectees for promotion - (a) The President may remove the name of any officer...

§ 2123. Promotions; acceptance; oath of office - (a) An officer who receives an appointment under section 2121...

§ 2124. Promotions; pay and allowances - An officer who is promoted under shall be entitled to...

§ 2125. Wartime temporary service promotions - (a) In time of war, or of national emergency declared...

§ 2126. Promotion of officers not included on active duty promotion list - Officers who are not included on the active duty promotion...

§ 2127. Recall to active duty during war or national emergency - In time of war or national emergency, the Secretary may...

§ 2128. Recall to active duty with consent of officer - (a) Any regular officer on the retired list may, with...

§ 2129. Aviation cadets; appointment as Reserve officers - (a) An aviation cadet designated under section 2317 who fulfills...

§ 2130. Promotion to certain grades for officers with critical skills: captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant - (a) In General.—An officer in the grade of lieutenant (junior...

§ 2131. College student pre-commissioning initiative - (a) In General.—There is authorized within the Coast Guard a...

SUBCHAPTER II— DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE

§ 2141. Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service - The Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, may...

§ 2142. Regular lieutenants (junior grade); separation for failure of selection for promotion - (1) be honorably discharged on June 30 of the promotion...

§ 2143. Regular lieutenants; separation for failure of selection for promotion; continuation - (a) Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard appointed under...

§ 2144. Regular Coast Guard; officers serving under temporary appointments - (a) Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard appointed under...

§ 2145. Regular lieutenant commanders and commanders; retirement for failure of selection for promotion - (a) Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard serving in...

§ 2146. Discharge in lieu of retirement; separation pay - (a) Each officer who is retained on active duty under...

§ 2147. Regular warrant officers: separation pay - (a) A regular warrant officer of the Coast Guard who...

§ 2148. Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of - If, under section 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2150, or 2151...

§ 2149. Regular captains; retirement - (a) Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard serving in...

§ 2150. Captains; continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement - (a) The Secretary may, whenever the needs of the service...

§ 2151. Rear admirals and rear admirals (lower half); continuation on active duty; involuntary retirement - (a) The Secretary shall from time to time convene boards...

§ 2152. Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service - Any regular commissioned officer who has completed twenty years’ active...

§ 2153. Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service - Any regular commissioned officer who has completed thirty years’ service...

§ 2154. Compulsory retirement - (a) Regular Commissioned Officers.—Any regular commissioned officer, except a commissioned...

§ 2155. Retirement for physical disability after selection for promotion; grade in which retired - An officer whose name appears on an approved list of...

§ 2156. Deferment of retirement or separation for medical reasons - (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may defer the...

§ 2157. Flag officers - During any period in which the Coast Guard is not...

§ 2158. Review of records of officers - (1) because his performance of duty has fallen below the...

§ 2159. Boards of inquiry - (a) Boards of inquiry shall be convened at such places...

§ 2160. Boards of review - (a) Boards of review shall be convened at such times...

§ 2161. Composition of boards - (a) A board convened under section 2158, 2159, or 2160...

§ 2162. Rights and procedures - (1) notified in writing at least thirty days before the...

§ 2163. Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary - The Secretary may remove an officer from active duty if...

§ 2164. Officers considered for removal; retirement or discharge; separation benefits - (a) At any time during proceedings under section 2159 or...

§ 2165. Relief of retired officer promoted while on active duty - Any regular officer on the retired list recalled to active...

§ 2166. Continuation on active duty; Coast Guard officers with certain critical skills - (a) In General.—The Commandant may authorize an officer in a...

SUBCHAPTER III— GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 2181. Physical fitness of officers - The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under which the physical fitness...

§ 2182. Multirater assessment of certain personnel - (a) Multirater Assessment of Certain Personnel.—(1) In general.—Commencing not later...

CHAPTER 23— PERSONNEL; ENLISTED

§ 2301. Recruiting campaigns - The Secretary shall initiate and carry forward an intensified voluntary...

§ 2302. Enlistments; term, grade - (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Commandant may...

§ 2303. Promotion - Enlisted members shall be advanced in rating by the Commandant...

§ 2304. Compulsory retirement at age of sixty-two - Any enlisted member who has reached the age of sixty-two...

§ 2305. Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service - Any enlisted member who has completed thirty years’ service may,...

§ 2306. Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service - Any enlisted member who has completed twenty years’ service may,...

§ 2307. Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired pay - (1) the active-duty pay and permanent additions thereto of the...

§ 2308. Recall to active duty during war or national emergency - In times of war or national emergency, the Commandant may...

§ 2309. Recall to active duty with consent of member - Any enlisted member on the retired list may, with his...

§ 2310. Relief of retired enlisted member promoted while on active duty - Any enlisted member on the retired list recalled to active...

§ 2311. Retirement in cases where higher grade or rating has been held - Any enlisted member who is retired under any provision of...

§ 2312. Extension of enlistments - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the term of enlistment...

§ 2313. Retention beyond term of enlistment in case of disability - Any enlisted member of the Coast Guard in the active...

§ 2314. Detention beyond term of enlistment - (1) until the first arrival of the vessel on which...

§ 2315. Inclusion of certain conditions in enlistment contract - The enlistment contract shall contain the substance of sections 2312...

§ 2316. Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any enlisted member may...

§ 2317. Aviation cadets; procurement; transfer - (a) The grade of aviation cadet is established as a...

§ 2318. Aviation cadets; benefits - Except as provided in , aviation cadets or their beneficiaries...

§ 2319. Critical skill training bonus - (a) The Secretary may provide a bonus, not to exceed...

CHAPTER 25— PERSONNEL; GENERAL PROVISIONS

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 2501. Grade on retirement - (a) Commissioned Officers.—(1) In general.—A commissioned officer who is retired...

§ 2502. Retirement - (a) Every commissioned officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member who...

§ 2503. Status of recalled personnel - All retired personnel when recalled to active duty shall serve...

§ 2504. Computation of retired pay - (a)(1) The retired pay of a member who first became...

§ 2505. Limitations on retirement and retired pay - (a) The provisions of any section of this title shall...

§ 2506. Suspension of payment of retired pay of members who are absent from the United States to avoid prosecution - Under procedures prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may suspend...

§ 2507. Board for Correction of Military Records deadline - (a) Deadline for Completion of Action.—The Secretary shall complete processing...

§ 2508. Emergency leave retention authority - (a) In General.—A duty assignment for an active duty member...

§ 2509. Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative separations - (a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary...

§ 2510. Sea service letters - (a) In General.—The Secretary shall provide a sea service letter...

§ 2511. Investigations of flag officers and Senior Executive Service employees - (1) conduct the investigation in a manner consistent with Department...

§ 2512. Leave policies for the Coast Guard - (a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), not later...

§ 2513. Computation of length of service - In computing length of service of officers and enlisted personnel...

§ 2514. Career flexibility to enhance retention of members - (a) Programs Authorized.—The Commandant may carry out a program under...

§ 2515. Calculation of active service - Any service described, including service described prior to the date...

§ 2516. Members asserting post-traumatic stress disorder or traumatic brain injury - (a) Medical Examination Required.—(1) In general.—The Secretary shall ensure that...

SUBCHAPTER II— ADVISORY BOARD ON WOMEN IN THE COAST GUARD

§ 2521. Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall establish within the Coast Guard...

[SUBCHAPTER III— REPEALED]

[§§ 2531 to 2534. Repealed. , , ] -

CHAPTER 27— PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

SUBCHAPTER I— PERSONNEL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

§ 2701. Procurement of personnel - (1) obtain recruits for the Service and cadet applicants; and...

§ 2702. Training - The Coast Guard may make expenditures for the training of...

§ 2703. Contingent expenses - The Commandant may expend for contingencies of the Coast Guard...

§ 2704. Equipment to prevent accidents - The Coast Guard may make such expenditures as are deemed...

[§ 2705. Repealed. , , ] -

§ 2706. Right to wear uniform - (a) any member who has served honorably in the Coast...

§ 2707. Protection of uniform - The provisions of law relating to the protection of the...

§ 2708. Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel - (a) The Coast Guard may purchase uniforms, accouterments, and related...

§ 2709. Procurement and sale of stores to members and civilian employees - Such stores as the Secretary may designate may be procured...

§ 2710. Disposition of effects of decedents - All moneys, articles of value, papers, keepsakes, and other similar...

§ 2711. Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; penalties - (a) The Coast Guard may, pursuant to regulations prescribed by...

§ 2712. Payment for the apprehension of stragglers - The Coast Guard may offer and pay rewards for the...

§ 2713. Employment assistance - (a) In General.—In order to improve the accuracy and completeness...

SUBCHAPTER II— AWARDS

§ 2731. Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and regulations - The President may delegate to the Secretary, under such conditions,...

§ 2732. Medal of honor - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 2733. Medal of honor: duplicate medal - An individual awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written...

§ 2734. Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag - The President shall provide for the presentation of the Medal...

§ 2735. Coast Guard cross - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 2736. Distinguished service medal - The President may present, but not in the name of...

§ 2737. Silver star medal - (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of...

§ 2738. Distinguished flying cross - The President may present, but not in the name of...

§ 2739. Coast Guard medal - The President may present, but not in the name of...

§ 2740. Insignia for additional awards - No more than one Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal,...

§ 2741. Time limit on award; report concerning deed - (a) No medal of honor, Coast Guard cross, distinguished service...

§ 2742. Honorable subsequent service as condition to award - No medal of honor, Coast Guard cross, distinguished service medal,...

§ 2743. Posthumous awards - In case an individual who dies before the making of...

§ 2744. Life-saving medals - (a) The Secretary may, under regulations prescribed by him, award...

§ 2745. Replacement of medals - In those cases where a medal, or a bar, emblem,...

§ 2746. Award of other medals - Coast Guard personnel, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, may...

§ 2747. Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct - The Coast Guard may award trophies, badges, and cash prizes...

§ 2748. Presentation of United States flag upon retirement - (a) Presentation of Flag.—Upon the release of a member of...

SUBCHAPTER III— PAYMENTS

§ 2761. Individuals discharged as result of court-martial; allowances to - The Secretary may furnish individuals discharged pursuant to the sentence...

§ 2762. Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses - An officer or cadet of the Coast Guard who is...

§ 2763. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations - The Secretary may grant compensatory absence from duty to military...

§ 2764. Monetary allowance for transportation of household effects - The transportation and reimbursement authorized by shall be available hereafter...

§ 2765. Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Coast Guard may...

§ 2766. Travel card management - (a) In General.—The Secretary may require that travel or transportation...

§ 2767. Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses for certain individuals residing on islands in the continental United States - (1) the covered beneficiary is referred by a primary care...

§ 2768. Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing permanent change of station - The Commandant shall conduct each calendar year an audit of...

§ 2769. Remission of indebtedness - (1) the indebtedness was incurred while the individual served as...

§ 2770. Special instruction at universities - Coast Guard personnel may be assigned for special instruction at...

§ 2771. Attendance at professional meetings - Coast Guard personnel may be directed to attend meetings of...

§ 2772. Education loan repayment program for members on active duty in specified military specialties - (a) In General.—(1) Repayment.—Subject to the provisions of this section,...

§ 2773. Rations or commutation therefor in money - (a) Enlisted members of the Coast Guard, civilian officers and...

§ 2774. Sales of ration supplies to messes - Ration supplies may be purchased by the cabin, wardroom, warrant...

§ 2775. Flight rations - There may be furnished to officers, enlisted members, and civilian...

§ 2776. Payments at time of discharge for good of service - Enlisted members discharged by dishonorable discharge, bad-conduct discharge, or any...

§ 2777. Clothing for destitute shipwrecked individuals - The Coast Guard may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute...

§ 2778. Advancement of public funds to personnel - The Commandant, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, may advance...

§ 2779. Transportation to and from certain places of employment - (a) Whenever the Secretary determines that it is necessary for...

CHAPTER 29— COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, AND HOUSING

SUBCHAPTER I— COAST GUARD FAMILIES

§ 2901. Work-life policies and programs - (1) to establish an office for the purpose of developing,...

§ 2902. Surveys of Coast Guard families - (a) Authority.—The Commandant, in order to determine the effectiveness of...

§ 2903. Reimbursement for adoption expenses - (a) Authorization To Reimburse.—The Secretary shall carry out a program...

§ 2904. Education and training opportunities for Coast Guard spouses - (a) Tuition Assistance.—The Commandant may provide, subject to the availability...

§ 2905. Youth sponsorship initiatives - (a) In General.—The Commandant is authorized to establish, within any...

§ 2906. Dependent school children - (a) The Secretary may provide, out of funds appropriated to...

SUBCHAPTER II— COAST GUARD CHILD CARE

§ 2921. Definitions - (1) Child abuse and neglect.—The term “child abuse and neglect”...

§ 2922. Child development services - (a)(1) The Commandant may make child development services available, in...

§ 2923. Child development center standards and inspections - (a) Standards.—The Commandant shall require each Coast Guard child development...

§ 2924. Child development center employees - (a) Training.—(1) In general.—The Commandant shall establish a training program...

§ 2925. Parent partnerships with child development centers - (a) Parent Boards.—(1) Formation.—The Commandant shall require that there be...

§ 2926. Family child care providers - (a) In General.—Not less frequently than quarterly, the Commandant shall...

§ 2927. Child care subsidy program - (a) In General.—(1) Authority.—The Commandant may operate a child care...

SUBCHAPTER III— HOUSING

§ 2941. Definitions - (1) The term “construct” means to build, renovate, or improve...

§ 2942. General authority - (a) Authority.—In addition to any other authority providing for the...

§ 2943. Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of inadequate housing - (a) The Secretary is authorized to lease housing facilities at...

§ 2944. Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees - (1) advises or assists the Coast Guard with respect to...

§ 2945. Conveyance of real property - (a) Conveyance Authorized.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary...

§ 2946. Coast Guard Housing Fund - (a) Establishment.—There is hereby established on the books of the...

§ 2947. Reports - The Secretary shall prepare and submit to Congress, concurrent with...

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US Code Title 14— COAST GUARD SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL

US Code
Title 14— COAST GUARD
SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL