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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 19 — Coast Guard Academy

§ 1944. Grade of permanent commissioned teaching staff

Statutory text

Professors shall be commissioned officers with grade not above captain, associate and assistant professors with grade not above commander, and instructors with grade not above lieutenant commander. All officers of the permanent commissioned teaching staff shall receive the pay and allowances of other commissioned officers of the same grade and length of service. When any such professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor is appointed or commissioned with grade less than the highest grade permitted, he shall be promoted under regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Title 14, United States Code, section —

    Pub. L. 81–393 · 63 Stat. 495

    Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 1944

    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 509, § 189

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 509, § 189

  2. Pub. L. 86–474 § 1(12) · 74 Stat. 144

    1. Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 1944

      Pub. L. 86–474 substituted “and instructors with grade not above” for “and commissioned instructors with grade not above”

    2. Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 1944

      Pub. L. 86–474 substituted “assistant professor, or instructor” for “or assistant professor”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 86–474 substituted “and instructors with grade not above” for “and commissioned instructors with grade not above”, and “assistant professor, or instructor” for “or assistant professor”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 41 is amended by inserting the words “an admiral,” before the words “a vice admiral” in the first sentence thereof.

  3. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 110(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 1944

    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 189 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 189 of this title as this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Redesignations and Transfers.— (1) Requirement.— The sections of title 14, United States Code, identified in the table provided in paragraph (2) are amended— (A) by redesignating the sections as described in the table; and (B) by transferring the sections, as necessary, so that the sections appear after the table of sections for chapter 19 of such title (as added by subsection (a)), in the order in which the sections are presented in the table. (2) Table.— The table referred to in paragraph (1) is the following: Title 14 section number before redesignationSection heading (provided for identification purposes only-not amended)Title 14 section number after redesignation 181Administration of Academy1901 200Policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence1902 194Annual Board of Visitors1903 196Participation in Federal, State, or other educational research grants1904 195Admission of foreign nationals for instruction; restrictions; conditions1923 181aCadet applicants; preappointment travel to Academy1926 183Cadets; initial clothing allowance1927 184Cadets; degree of bachelor of science1928 185Cadets; appointment as ensign1929 197Cadets: charges and fees for attendance; limitation1930 186Civilian teaching staff1941 187Permanent commissioned teaching staff; composition1942 188Appointment of permanent commissioned teaching staff1943 189Grade of permanent commissioned teaching staff1944 190Retirement of permanent commissioned teaching staff1945 191Credit for service as member of civilian teaching staff1946 192Assignment of personnel as instructors1947 199Marine safety curriculum1948

3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 15c (Apr. 16, 1937, ch. 107, § 2, 50 Stat. 66).

Said section has been divided. The last sentence is incorporated in section 187 of this title. The other provisions are incorporated in this section.

The limitation on grade of professors is raised from Commander to Captain, and other limitations as to grades within the new permanent commissioned teaching staff are established.

This section prescribes the relative ranks for the various grades in the permanent commissioned teaching staff, establishes the pay as heretofore, and provides for promotion as the Secretary shall prescribe. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1960–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 189 of this title as this section.

1960

Pub. L. 86–474 substituted “and instructors with grade not above” for “and commissioned instructors with grade not above”, and “assistant professor, or instructor” for “or assistant professor”.

Credits

1949–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 509, § 189
  2. 1960Pub. L. 86–474, § 1(12), , 74 Stat. 145
  3. 2018renumbered § 1944, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 110(b), , 132 Stat. 4212.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 509, § 189; Pub. L. 86–474, § 1(12), , 74 Stat. 145; renumbered § 1944, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 110(b), , 132 Stat. 4212.)

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