2011 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Part I - REGULAR COAST GUARD (§§ 1 - 693)
Chapter 11 - PERSONNEL (§§ 211 - 440)
Content - ENLISTED MEMBERS (§§ 350 - 374)
Section 354 - Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 14 - COAST GUARD
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 14 - COAST GUARD
PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 11 - PERSONNEL
ENLISTED MEMBERS
Sec. 354 - Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service
Containssection 354
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 521; Pub. L. 98-557, §15(a)(3)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 99-348, title II, §205(b)(8), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 700.
Statutes at Large References38 Stat. 801
63 Stat. 521
98 Stat. 2865
100 Stat. 700
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 98-557, Public Law 99-348

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14 USC § 354 (2011)
§354. Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service

Any enlisted member who has completed thirty years’ service may, upon his own application, in the discretion of the Commandant, be retired from active service.

(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 521; Pub. L. 98–557, §15(a)(3)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, §205(b)(8), July 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 700.)

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., §175 (Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, §3, 38 Stat. 801).

Said section has been divided. That part dealing with retirement of enlisted men is placed in this section. That part dealing with retirement of commissioned officers is placed in section 231 of this title. That part dealing with retirement of warrant officers is placed in section 304 of this title. That part providing for retired pay is incorporated in section 423 of this title. That part providing for assignment of duties to retired personnel is incorporated in sections 241, 311, and 360 of this title.

The authority to approve was granted to the Commandant in lieu of the Secretary. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Amendments

1986—Pub. L. 99–348 struck out “, with retired pay of the grade or rating with which retired” after “active service”.

1984—Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man.

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