2019 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Subtitle II - Personnel
Chapter 21 - Personnel; Officers
Subchapter II - Discharges; Retirements; Revocation of Commissions; Separation for Cause
Sec. 2142 - Regular lieutenants (junior grade); separation for failure of selection for promotion

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Citation 14 U.S.C. § 2142 (2019)
Section Name §2142. Regular lieutenants (junior grade); separation for failure of selection for promotion
Section Text

Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard appointed under section 2101 of this title who is serving in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) and who has failed of selection for promotion to the grade of lieutenant for the second time, shall:

(1) be honorably discharged on June 30 of the promotion year in which his second failure of selection occurs; or

(2) if he so requests, be honorably discharged at an earlier date without loss of benefits that would accrue if he were discharged on that date under clause (1); or

(3) if, on the date specified for his discharge in this section, he is eligible for retirement under any law, be retired on that date.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 88–130, §1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 184, §282; amended Pub. L. 94–546, §1(21), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2520; renumbered §2142 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–282, §123(b)(2), substituted "section 2101" for "section 211" in introductory provisions.

Pub. L. 115–282, §112(b), renumbered section 282 of this title as this section.

1976—Pub. L. 94–546 substituted "promotion year" for "fiscal year" in cl. (1).

RETIRED PAY ON OR PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 24, 1963

Savings provisions in section 5(g) of Pub. L. 88–130 providing that Pub. L. 88–130 does not affect the retired pay of anyone retired on or prior to Sept. 24, 1963, are set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.

EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTION, CHANGE, OR REVOCATION OF ELECTION OF ANNUITY

Savings provisions in section 5(h) of Pub. L. 88–130 providing that notwithstanding section 1431 of Title 10, Armed Forces, an election, change or revocation thereof affecting an annuity, by an officer retired under this section, is effective if made prior to the first day of the third month following September 1963, are set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 14 - COAST GUARD
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 14 - COAST GUARD
SUBTITLE II - PERSONNEL
CHAPTER 21 - PERSONNEL; OFFICERS
SUBCHAPTER II - DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE
Sec. 2142 - Regular lieutenants (junior grade); separation for failure of selection for promotion
Contains section 2142
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 77 Stat. 184
90 Stat. 2520
132 Stat. 4216
Public Law References Public Law 88-130, Public Law 94-546, Public Law 115-282
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