2013 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Part II - COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY (§§ 701 - 894)
Chapter 21 - COAST GUARD RESERVE (§§ 701 - 798)
SUBCHAPTER B (§§ 720 - 798)
commissioned officers (§§ 720 - 798)
Section 743 - Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 14 - COAST GUARD
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 14 - COAST GUARD
PART II - COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
CHAPTER 21 - COAST GUARD RESERVE
SUBCHAPTER B
commissioned officers
Sec. 743 - Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade
Containssection 743
Date2013
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 2014
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 96-322, §1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1015; amended Pub. L. 97-417, §2(17)(A), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2086; Pub. L. 99-145, title V, §514(c)(1), (3)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 629; Pub. L. 108-293, title II, §220(d), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1039.
Statutes at Large References94 Stat. 1015
96 Stat. 2086
99 Stat. 629
118 Stat. 1039
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 96-322, Public Law 97-417, Public Law 99-145, Public Law 108-293

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Rear admiral and rear admiral - 14 U.S.C. § 743 (2013)
§743. Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade

(a) Unless retained in or removed from an active status under any other law, a reserve rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half) shall be retired on July 1 of the promotion year immediately following the promotion year in which that officer completes 4 years of service after the appointment of the officer to rear admiral (lower half).

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if promotion of inactive duty promotion list officers to the grade of rear admiral is not determined in accordance with a running mate system, a Reserve officer serving in an active status in the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall be promoted to the grade of rear admiral, if acceptable to the President and the Senate, on the date the officer has served 2 years in an active status in grade of rear admiral (lower half), or in the case of a vacancy occurring prior to having served 2 years in an active status, on the date the vacancy occurs, if the officer served at least 1 year in an active status in the grade of rear admiral (lower half).

(Added Pub. L. 96–322, §1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1015; amended Pub. L. 97–417, §2(17)(A), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2086; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, §514(c)(1), (3)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 629; Pub. L. 108–293, title II, §220(d), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1039.)

AMENDMENTS

2004—Pub. L. 108–293 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Unless retained in or removed from an active status under any other law, a Reserve rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half) shall be removed from an active status on the day that officer completes four years combined service in the grades of rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half)."

1985—Pub. L. 99–145 substituted references to "rear admiral (lower half)" for "commodore" in section catchline and two places in text.

1983—Pub. L. 97–417 inserted reference to "commodore" in section catchline and text.

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