2021 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Subtitle III - Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary
Chapter 37 - Coast Guard Reserve
Subchapter II - Personnel
Sec. 3736 - Precedence
14 U.S.C. § 3736 (2021) |
§3736. Precedence |
(a) Reserve officers rank and take precedence in their respective grades among themselves and with officers of the same grade on the active duty promotion list and the permanent commissioned teaching staff in accordance with their dates of rank. When Reserve officers and officers on the active duty promotion list or the permanent commissioned teaching staff have the same date of rank in a grade, they take precedence as determined by the Secretary. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a Reserve officer shall not lose precedence when transferred to or from the active duty promotion list, nor shall that officer's date of rank be changed due to the transfer. (c) A Reserve officer shall, when on the active duty promotion list, be promoted in the same manner as any other officer on the active duty promotion list regardless of the length of active duty service of the Reserve officer. (d) Notwithstanding any other law, a Reserve officer shall not lose precedence by reason of promotion to the grade of rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half), if the promotion is determined in accordance with a running mate system. (e) The Secretary shall adjust the date of rank of a Reserve officer so that no changes of precedence occur. |
(Added Pub. L. 96–322, §1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1008, §725; amended Pub. L. 108–293, title II, §220(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1039; renumbered §3736, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.) |
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 781 of this title prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L. 96–322. AMENDMENTS2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 725 of this title as this section. 2004—Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 108–293 added subsecs. (d) and (e). |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 14 - COAST GUARD |
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Title 14 - COAST GUARD SUBTITLE III - COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY CHAPTER 37 - COAST GUARD RESERVE SUBCHAPTER II - PERSONNEL Sec. 3736 - Precedence |
section 3736 |
2021 |
January 3, 2022 |
Yes |
standard |
94 Stat. 1008 118 Stat. 1039 132 Stat. 4233 |
Public Law 96-322, Public Law 108-293, Public Law 115-282 |