US Code
Title 14— COAST GUARD

§ 318. Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program - (a) Definitions.—For the purposes of this section—(1) “environment”, “facility”, “person”,...

§ 319. Unmanned system program and autonomous control and computer vision technology project - (a) Unmanned System Program.—Not later than 2 years after the...

§ 320. Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps - (a) Establishment.—The Secretary of the department in which the Coast...

§ 321. Congressional affairs; Director - The Commandant shall appoint a Director of Congressional Affairs from...

§ 322. Redistricting notification requirement - (1) implementing any plan to reduce the number of, change...

§ 323. Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program - (a) Establishment.—There is established within the Coast Guard a Western...

CHAPTER 5— FUNCTIONS AND POWERS

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL POWERS

§ 501. Secretary; general powers - (a) establish, change the limits of, consolidate, discontinue, and re-establish...

§ 502. Delegation of powers by the Secretary - The Secretary is authorized to confer or impose upon the...

§ 503. Regulations - In addition to the authority conferred by other provisions of...

§ 504. Commandant; general powers - (a) For the purpose of executing the duties and functions...

§ 505. Functions and powers vested in the Commandant - All powers and functions conferred upon the Coast Guard, or...

§ 506. Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care - (a) Prospective Payment Required.—In lieu of the reimbursement required under...

§ 507. Appointment of judges - The Secretary may appoint civilian employees of the department in...

§ 508. Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding the...

§ 509. Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft - (a) Establishment.—(1) In general.—The Commandant may establish a program to...

§ 510. Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes - (a) In General.—On request by the Commandant, the Administrator of...

SUBCHAPTER II— LIFE SAVING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES

§ 521. Saving life and property - (a) In order to render aid to distressed individuals, vessels,...

§ 522. Law enforcement - (a) The Coast Guard may make inquiries, examinations, inspections, searches,...

§ 523. Enforcement authority - (1) carry a firearm; and (2) while at a facility...

§ 524. Enforcement of coastwise trade laws - Officers and members of the Coast Guard are authorized to...

§ 525. Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority - (a)(1) A special agent of the Coast Guard Investigative Service...

§ 526. Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel - (a)(1) Whenever any vessel liable to seizure or examination does...

§ 527. Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces - (a) The Secretary may control the anchorage and movement of...

§ 528. Protecting against unmanned aircraft - (1) functions of the U.S. Coast Guard relating to security...

SUBCHAPTER III— AIDS TO NAVIGATION

§ 541. Aids to navigation authorized - (a) In order to aid navigation and to prevent disasters,...

§ 542. Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty - No person, or public body, or instrumentality, excluding the armed...

§ 543. Interference with aids to navigation; penalty - It shall be unlawful for any person, or public body,...

§ 544. Aids to maritime navigation; penalty - The Secretary shall prescribe and enforce necessary and reasonable rules...

§ 545. Marking of obstructions - The Secretary may mark for the protection of navigation any...

§ 546. Deposit of damage payments - Whenever an aid to navigation or other property belonging to...

§ 547. Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation - The Coast Guard may offer and pay rewards for the...

§ 548. Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials - No officer, enlisted member, or civilian member of the Coast...

§ 549. Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction - (a) No lighthouse, beacon, public pier, or landmark, shall be...

§ 550. Marking pierheads in certain lakes - The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall properly mark all...

§ 548. Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard - The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall provide, establish, and...

SUBCHAPTER IV— MISCELLANEOUS

§ 561. Icebreaking in polar regions - (a) Procurement Authority.—(1) In general.—The Secretary may enter into one...

§ 562. Appeals and waivers - (1) be a qualified specialist with the training, experience, and...

§ 563. Notification of certain determinations - (a) In General.—At least 90 days prior to making a...

§ 564. Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits - (a) Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Procedure.—(1) In general.—Before embarking on...

CHAPTER 7— COOPERATION

§ 701. Cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political subdivisions - (a) The Coast Guard may, when so requested by proper...

§ 702. State Department - The Coast Guard, through the Secretary, may exchange information, through...

§ 703. Treasury Department - Commissioned, warrant, and petty officers of the Coast Guard are...

§ 704. Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force - (a) The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of...

§ 705. Navy Department - (a) The Secretary of the Navy, at the request of...

§ 706. United States Postal Service - Coast Guard facilities and personnel may be utilized for the...

§ 707. Department of Commerce - In order to promote the safety of life and property...

§ 708. Department of Health and Human Services - (a) The Commandant may assist the Secretary of Health and...

§ 709. Maritime instruction - The Coast Guard may, when so requested by proper authority,...

§ 710. Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities - (a) Detail of Members to Assist Foreign Governments.—The President may...

§ 711. Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions - Commissioned officers may, with the consent of the Secretary of...

§ 712. Contracts with Government-owned establishments for work and material - (a) In General.—All orders or contracts for work or material,...

§ 713. Nonappropriated fund instrumentalities: contracts with other agencies and instrumentalities to provide or obtain goods and services - The Coast Guard Exchange System, or a morale, welfare, and...

§ 714. Arctic maritime domain awareness - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall improve maritime domain awareness in...

§ 715. Oceanographic research - The Coast Guard shall conduct such oceanographic research, use such...

§ 716. Arctic maritime transportation - (a) Purpose.—The purpose of this section is to ensure safe...

§ 717. Agreements - (a) In General.—In carrying out section 504(a)(4), the Commandant may—(1)...

§ 718. Training; emergency response providers - (a) In General.—The Commandant may, on a reimbursable or a...

§ 719. Research projects; transactions other than contracts and grants - (a) Additional Forms of Transactions Authorized.—(1) In general.—The Commandant may...

§ 720. VHF communications services - (a) The Secretary of the department in which the Coast...

§ 721. Responses to safety recommendations - (a) In General.—Not later than 90 days after the National...

CHAPTER 9— ADMINISTRATION

SUBCHAPTER I— REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY

§ 901. Disposal of certain material - (a) The Commandant subject to applicable regulations under subtitle I...

§ 902. Employment of draftsmen and engineers - The Coast Guard may employ temporarily, at the seat of...

§ 903. Use of certain appropriated funds - (a) Funds appropriated to or for the use of the...

§ 904. Local hire - (a) Notwithstanding any other law, each contract awarded by the...

§ 905. Procurement authority for family housing - (a) The Secretary is authorized—(1) to acquire, subject to the...

§ 906. Air Station Cape Cod Improvements - The Secretary may expend funds for the repair, improvement, restoration,...

§ 907. Long-term lease of special purpose facilities - (a) The Secretary is authorized, subject to the availability of...

§ 908. Long-term lease authority for lighthouse property - (a) The Commandant may lease to non-Federal entities, including private...

§ 909. Small boat station rescue capability - The Secretary shall ensure that each Coast Guard small boat...

§ 910. Small boat station closures - (a) Closures.—The Secretary may not close a Coast Guard multimission...

§ 911. Search and rescue center standards - (a) The Secretary shall establish, implement, and maintain the minimum...

§ 912. Air facility closures - (a) Closures.—(1) In general.—Beginning on January 1, 2018, the Secretary...

§ 913. Turnkey selection procedures - (a) Authority to Use.—The Secretary may use one-step turnkey selection...

§ 914. Disposition of infrastructure related to E–LORAN - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commandant...

SUBCHAPTER II— MISCELLANEOUS

§ 931. Oaths required for boards - The members of a retiring board, selection board, examining board,...

§ 932. Administration of oaths - (a) Such commissioned and warrant officers of the Coast Guard...

§ 933. Coast Guard ensigns and pennants - (a) Vessels and aircraft authorized by the Secretary shall be...

§ 934. Penalty for unauthorized use of words “Coast Guard” - No individual, association, partnership, or corporation shall, without authority of...

§ 935. Coast Guard band recordings for commercial sale - (a) The Coast Guard band may produce recordings for commercial...

§ 936. Confidentiality of medical quality assurance records; qualified immunity for participants - (a) In this section—(1) “medical quality assurance program” means any...

§ 937. Admiralty claims against the United States - (a) The Secretary may consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, compromise, or...

§ 938. Claims for damage to property of the United States - The Secretary may consider, ascertain, adjust, determine, compromise, or settle...

§ 939. Accounting for industrial work - (a) In General.—The Secretary may prescribe regulations governing accounting for...

§ 940. Supplies and equipment from stock - Supplies and equipment for special work of the Coast Guard...

§ 941. Coast Guard Supply Fund - (a) A Coast Guard Supply Fund is authorized. The Secretary...

§ 942. Public and commercial vessels and other watercraft; sale of fuel, supplies, and services - (1) to procure the fuel, supplies, or services from other...

§ 943. Arms and ammunition; immunity from taxation - No tax on the sale or transfer of firearms, pistols,...

§ 944. Confidential investigative expenses - Not more than $250,000 each fiscal year appropriated for the...

§ 945. Assistance to film producers - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when the Secretary...

§ 946. User fees - (a) A fee or charge for a service or thing...

§ 947. Vessel construction bonding requirements - (1) the bond is required by law; or (2) the...

§ 948. Contracts for medical care for retirees, dependents, and survivors: alternative delivery of health care - (a) The Secretary may contract for the delivery of health...

§ 949. Telephone installation and charges - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, amounts appropriated to the...

§ 950. Designation, powers, and accountability of deputy disbursing officials - (a)(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a disbursing official of the...

§ 951. Aircraft accident investigations - (a) In General.—Whenever the Commandant conducts an accident investigation of...

§ 952. Construction of Coast Guard vessels and assignment of vessel projects - The assignment of Coast Guard vessel conversion, alteration, and repair...

§ 953. Support for Coast Guard Academy - (a) Authority.—(1) Contracts and cooperative agreements.—(A) In general.—The Commandant may...

§ 954. Mixed-funded athletic and recreational extracurricular programs - (a) Authority.—In the case of a Coast Guard Academy mixed-funded...

CHAPTER 11— ACQUISITIONS

SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1101. Acquisition directorate - (a) Establishment.—The Commandant shall establish an acquisition directorate to provide...

§ 1102. Improvements in Coast Guard acquisition management - (a) Project or Program Managers.—(1) Level 1 projects.—An individual may...

§ 1103. Role of Vice Commandant in major acquisition programs - (1) shall represent the customer of a major acquisition program...

§ 1104. Recognition of Coast Guard personnel for excellence in acquisition - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall maintain a program to recognize...

§ 1105. Prohibition on use of lead systems integrators - (a) In General.—(1) Use of lead systems integrator.—The Commandant may...

§ 1106. Required contract terms - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall ensure that a contract awarded...

§ 1107. Extension of major acquisition program contracts - (a) In General.—Notwithstanding section 1105(a)(2) of this title and section...

§ 1108. Department of Defense consultation - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall make arrangements as appropriate with...

§ 1109. Undefinitized contractual actions - (a) In General.—The Coast Guard may not enter into an...

§ 1110. Elevation of disputes to the Chief Acquisition Officer - If, after 90 days following the elevation to the Chief...

§ 1111. Acquisition workforce authorities - (a) Expedited Hiring Authority.—(1) In general.—For the purposes of section...

SUBCHAPTER II— IMPROVED ACQUISITION PROCESS AND PROCEDURES

§ 1131. Identification of major system acquisitions - (a) In General.—(1) Support mechanisms.—The Commandant shall develop and implement...

§ 1132. Acquisition - (a) In General.—The Commandant may not establish a Level 1...

§ 1133. Preliminary development and demonstration - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall ensure that developmental test and...

§ 1134. Acquisition, production, deployment, and support - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall—(1) ensure there is a stable...

§ 1135. Acquisition program baseline breach - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall submit a report to the...

§ 1136. Acquisition approval authority - (1) manage and administer department procurements, including procurements by department...

§ 1137. Contracting for major acquisitions programs - (a) In General.—In carrying out authorities provided to the Secretary...

SUBCHAPTER III— PROCUREMENT

§ 1151. Restriction on construction of vessels in foreign shipyards - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no Coast Guard...

§ 1152. Advance procurement funding - (a) In General.—With respect to any Coast Guard vessel for...

§ 1153. Prohibition on overhaul, repair, and maintenance of Coast Guard vessels in foreign shipyards - A Coast Guard vessel the home port of which is...

§ 1154. Procurement of buoy chain - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the Coast Guard...

§ 1155. Contract termination - (a) In General.—(1) Notification.—Before terminating a procurement or acquisition contract...

§ 1156. Limitation on unmanned aircraft systems - (a) In General.—During any fiscal year for which funds are...

§ 1157. Extraordinary relief - (a) In General.—With respect to any prime contracting entity receiving...

§ 1158. Authority to enter into transactions other than contracts and grants to procure cost-effective, advanced technology for mission-critical needs - (a) In General.—Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Commandant...

SUBCHAPTER IV— DEFINITIONS

§ 1171. Definitions - (1) Appropriate congressional committees.—The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the...

SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL

CHAPTER 19— COAST GUARD ACADEMY

SUBCHAPTER I— ADMINISTRATION

§ 1901. Administration of Academy - The immediate government and military command of the Coast Guard...

§ 1902. Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence - (a) Required Policy.—The Commandant shall direct the Superintendent of the...

§ 1903. Annual Board of Visitors - (a) In General.—A Board of Visitors to the Coast Guard...

§ 1904. Advisory Board on Women at the Coast Guard Academy - (a) In General.—The Superintendent of the Academy shall establish at...

§ 1905. Coast Guard Academy minority outreach team program - (a) In General.—There is established within the Coast Guard Academy...

§ 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...

SUBTITLE III— COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY

CHAPTER 37— COAST GUARD RESERVE

SUBCHAPTER I— ADMINISTRATION

§ 3701. Organization - The Coast Guard Reserve is a component of the Coast...

§ 3702. Authorized strength - (a) The President shall prescribe the authorized strength of the...

§ 3703. Coast Guard Reserve Boards - (a) The Secretary shall convene a Coast Guard Reserve Policy...

§ 3704. Grades and ratings; military authority - The grades and ratings in the Reserve, including cadets but...

§ 3705. Benefits - (a) A member of the Reserve on active duty, on...

§ 3706. Temporary members of the Reserve; eligibility and compensation - A citizen of the United States, its territories, or possessions...

§ 3707. Temporary members of the Reserve; disability or death benefits - (a) If a temporary member of the Reserve is physically...

§ 3708. Temporary members of the Reserve; certificate of honorable service - In recognition of the service of temporary members of the...

§ 3709. Reserve student aviation pilots; Reserve aviation pilots; appointments in commissioned grade - (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary an enlisted member...

§ 3710. Reserve student pre-commissioning assistance program - (a) The Secretary may provide financial assistance to an eligible...

§ 3711. Appointment or wartime promotion; retention of grade upon release from active duty - (a) A member of the Reserve on active duty, who...

§ 3712. Exclusiveness of service - No member of the Reserve, other than a temporary member,...

§ 3713. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces - (a) Notwithstanding another law, and for the emergency augmentation of...

§ 3714. Enlistment of members engaged in schooling - The initial period of active duty for training required by...

SUBCHAPTER II— PERSONNEL

§ 3731. Definitions - (1) “Reserve officer” means a commissioned officer in the Reserve,...

§ 3732. Applicability of this subchapter - This subchapter applies only to the Reserve; except that it...

§ 3733. Suspension of this subchapter in time of war or national emergency - In time of war or national emergency declared by Congress,...

§ 3734. Effect of this subchapter on retirement and retired pay - Except as provided in subsection 3757(b)  of this title, nothing...

§ 3735. Authorized number of officers - (a) The authorized number of officers in the Reserve in...

§ 3736. Precedence - (a) Reserve officers rank and take precedence in their respective...

§ 3737. Running mates - (a) The Secretary shall assign a running mate to each...

§ 3738. Constructive credit upon initial appointment - Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, an individual, appointed as...

§ 3738a. Direct commissioning authority for individuals with critical skills - An individual with critical skills that the Commandant considers necessary...

§ 3739. Promotion of Reserve officers on active duty - (a) A Reserve officer on active duty, other than for...

§ 3740. Promotion; recommendations of selection boards - (a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a Reserve officer...

§ 3741. Selection boards; appointment - (a) A selection board shall (1) be appointed and convened...

§ 3742. Establishment of promotion zones under running mate system - (a) Authority To Use Running Mate System.—The Secretary may by...

§ 3743. Eligibility for promotion - (a) In General.—Except as provided in subsection (b), a Reserve...

§ 3744. Recommendation for promotion of an officer previously removed from an active status - A Reserve officer recommended for promotion by a selection board...

§ 3745. Qualifications for promotion - (a) A Reserve officer shall not be promoted to a...

§ 3746. Promotion; acceptance; oath of office - (a) A Reserve officer who has been appointed under this...

§ 3747. Date of rank upon promotion; entitlement to pay - (a) When a Reserve officer is promoted to the next...

§ 3748. Type of promotion; temporary - Notwithstanding any other law, if a Reserve officer is promoted...

§ 3749. Effect of removal by the President or failure of consent of the Senate - (a) The President may, for cause, remove the name of...

§ 3750. Failure of selection for promotion - (a) A Reserve officer, other than one serving in the...

§ 3751. Failure of selection and removal from an active status - (a) The Secretary—(1) may remove from an active status a...

§ 3752. Retention boards; removal from an active status to provide a flow of promotion - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, whenever the...

§ 3753. Maximum ages for retention in an active status - (a) A Reserve officer, if qualified, shall be transferred to...

§ 3754. Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade - (a) Unless retained in or removed from an active status...

§ 3755. Appointment of a former Navy or Coast Guard officer - A former officer of the Regular Navy or Coast Guard...

§ 3756. Grade on entry upon active duty - A Reserve officer ordered to active duty or active duty...

§ 3757. Recall of a retired officer; grade upon release - (a) When an officer in the Retired Reserve or an...

CHAPTER 39— COAST GUARD AUXILIARY

§ 3901. Administration of the Coast Guard Auxiliary - (a) The Coast Guard Auxiliary is a nonmilitary organization administered...

§ 3902. Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary - (a) In General.—The purpose of the Auxiliary is to assist...

§ 3903. Eligibility; enrollments - (1) who—(A) are owners, sole or part, of motorboats, yachts,...

§ 3904. Members of the Auxiliary; status - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a member...

§ 3905. Disenrollment - Members of the Auxiliary may be disenrolled pursuant to applicable...

§ 3906. Membership in other organizations - Members of the Auxiliary may be appointed or enlisted in...

§ 3907. Use of member’s facilities - (a) Motor Boats, Yachts, Aircraft, and Radio Stations.—The Coast Guard...

§ 3908. Vessel deemed public vessel - While assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty, any motorboat or...

§ 3909. Aircraft deemed public aircraft - While assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty, any aircraft shall...

§ 3910. Radio station deemed government station - Any radio station, while assigned to authorized Coast Guard duty...

§ 3911. Availability of appropriations - (a) Appropriations of the Coast Guard shall be available for...

§ 3912. Assignment and performance of duties - No member of the Auxiliary, solely by reason of such...

§ 3913. Injury or death in line of duty - When any member of the Auxiliary is physically injured or...

CHAPTER 41— GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY

§ 4101. Flags; pennants; uniforms and insignia - The Secretary may prescribe one or more suitable distinguishing flags,...

§ 4102. Penalty - Whoever, without proper authority, flies from any building, aircraft, motorboat,...

§ 4103. Limitation on rights of members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve - Members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve...

§ 4104. Availability of facilities and appropriations - The services and facilities of and appropriations for the Coast...

SUBTITLE IV— COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATIONS AND REPORTS TO CONGRESS

CHAPTER 49— AUTHORIZATIONS

§ 4901. Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations - (1) For the operation and support of the Coast Guard,...

§ 4902. Authorizations of appropriations - (1)(A) For the operation and maintenance of the Coast Guard,...

§ 4903. Authorization of personnel end strengths - (a) For each fiscal year, Congress shall authorize the strength...

§ 4904. Authorized levels of military strength and training - (a) Active Duty Strength.—The Coast Guard is authorized an end-of-year...

CHAPTER 51— REPORTS

§ 5101. Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request - (a) In General.—Not later than 30 days after the date...

§ 5102. Capital investment plan - (a) In General.—Not later than 60 days after the date...

§ 5103. Major acquisitions - (a) In General.—In conjunction with the transmittal by the President...

§ 5104. Manpower requirements plan - (a) In General.—On the date on which the President submits...

§ 5105. Inventory of real property - (a) In General.—The Commandant shall maintain an inventory of all...

§ 5106. Annual performance report - Not later than the date on which the President submits...

§ 5107. Major acquisition program risk assessment - (a) In General.—Not later than October 15 of each year,...

§ 5108. Unfunded priorities list - (a) In General.—Not later than 60 days after the date...

§ 5109. Report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard - (a) In General.—Not later than January 15, 2022, and biennially...

§ 5110. Mission need statement - (a) In General.—On the date on which the President submits...

§ 5111. Report on diversity at Coast Guard Academy - (a) In General.—Not later than January 15, 2021, and annually...

§ 5112. Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the Coast Guard - (a) In General.—Not later than January 15 of each year,...

§ 5113. Officers not on active duty promotion list - Not later than 60 days after the date on which...

§ 5114. Expenses of performing and executing defense readiness missions - (1) all expenses related to the Coast Guard’s coordination, training,...

§ 5115. Major grants, contracts, or other transactions - (a) Notification.—(1) In general.—Subject to subsection (b), the Commandant shall...

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