2021 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Subtitle III - Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary
Chapter 37 - Coast Guard Reserve
Subchapter II - Personnel
Sec. 3751 - Failure of selection and removal from an active status

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Citation 14 U.S.C. § 3751 (2021)
Section Name §3751. Failure of selection and removal from an active status
Section Text

(a) The Secretary—

(1) may remove from an active status a Reserve officer who has twice failed of selection to the next higher grade; and

(2) shall remove from an active status a Reserve officer serving in the grade of captain who has completed thirty years of total commissioned service and whose name is not carried on an approved list of selectees for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half).


(b) A Reserve officer who has twice failed of selection to the next higher grade and who is not removed from an active status under subsection (a)(1) of this section shall be retained for the period prescribed by the Secretary.

(c) Subject to section 12646 of title 10, a Reserve officer who is removed from an active status under subsection (a) of this section shall be given an opportunity to transfer to the Retired Reserve, if qualified, but unless so transferred shall, in the discretion of the Secretary, be transferred to the inactive status list or discharged as follows:

(1) if removed from an active status under subsection (a)(1) of this section, on June 30 next following the approval date of the board report by virtue of which the officer's second failure of selection occurs; or

(2) if removed from an active status under subsection (a)(2) of this section, on June 30 next following the date on which the officer completes thirty years of total commissioned service as computed under this section.


(d) For the purpose of this section, the total commissioned service of an officer who has served continuously in the Reserve following appointment in the grade of ensign shall be computed from the date on which that appointment to the Reserve was accepted. A Reserve officer initially appointed in a grade above ensign is considered to have the actual total commissioned service performed in a grade above commissioned warrant officer or the same total commissioned service as an officer of the Regular Coast Guard who has served continuously from an original appointment as ensign, who has not lost numbers or precedence, and who is, or was, junior to the Reserve officer, whichever is greater.

Source Credit

(Added Pub. L. 96–322, §1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1013, §740; amended Pub. L. 97–417, §2(15), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2086; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, §514(c)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 629; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, §1677(b)(5), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3020; Pub. L. 112–213, title II, §217(14), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1558; renumbered §3751, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES PRIOR PROVISIONS

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 787 of this title prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L. 96–322.

AMENDMENTS

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 740 of this title as this section.

2012—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–213 substituted "that appointment to the Reserve" for "that appointment".

1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–337 substituted "section 12646 of title 10" for "section 1006 of title 10".

1985—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 99–145 substituted "rear admiral (lower half)" for "commodore".

1983—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 97–417 substituted "commodore" for "rear admiral".


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT

Amendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 III - COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
CHAPTER 37 - COAST GUARD RESERVE
SUBCHAPTER II - PERSONNEL
Sec. 3751 - Failure of selection and removal from an active status
Contains section 3751
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law Yes
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 1013
96 Stat. 2086
99 Stat. 629
108 Stat. 3020
126 Stat. 1558
132 Stat. 4233
Public Law References Public Law 96-322, Public Law 97-417, Public Law 99-145, Public Law 103-337, Public Law 112-213, Public Law 115-282
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