Title 14 — Coast Guard
Chapter 23 — Personnel; Enlisted
§ 2304. Compulsory retirement at age of sixty-two
Statutory text
Any enlisted member who has reached the age of sixty-two shall be retired from active service.
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.
Title 14, United States Code, section —
Pub. L. 81–393 · 63 Stat. 495
Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 2304
Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520, § 353
Source evidence
Code source credit
Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520, § 353Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–557 § 15(a)(3)(A) · 98 Stat. 2860
Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 2304
Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(A) The following sections of such title are amended by striking “enlisted man” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “enlisted member”: 353, 354, 355, 357, 359, 360, 361, 362, 365, 366, 367, 370, 421, 423, and 424.Pub. L. 99–348 title II § 205(b)(8) · 100 Stat. 682
Struck · 14 U.S.C. § 2304
Pub. L. 99–348 struck out “, with retired pay of the grade or rating with which retired” after “active service”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 99–348 struck out “, with retired pay of the grade or rating with which retired” after “active service”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(8) Sections 353, 354, 355, and 362 of such title are amended by striking out “, with retired pay of the grade or rating with which retired”.Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 113(b) · 132 Stat. 4192
Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 2304
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 353 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 353 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 23 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 350Recruiting campaigns2301 351Enlistments; term, grade2302 352Promotion2303 353Compulsory retirement at age of sixty-two2304 354Voluntary retirement after thirty years’ service2305 355Voluntary retirement after twenty years’ service2306 357Retirement of enlisted members: increase in retired pay2307 359Recall to active duty during war or national emergency2308 360Recall to active duty with consent of member2309 361Relief of retired enlisted member promoted while on active duty2310 362Retirement in cases where higher grade or rating has been held2311 365Extension of enlistments2312 366Retention beyond term of enlistment in case of disability2313 367Detention beyond term of enlistment2314 369Inclusion of certain conditions in enlistment contract2315 370Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment2316 371Aviation cadets; procurement; transfer2317 372Aviation cadets; benefits2318 374Critical skill training bonus2319
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., § 173 (Apr. 12, 1902, ch. 501, § 4, 32 Stat. 100).
Section 173 of title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., has been divided. That part dealing with enlisted men is placed in this section. That part dealing with commissioned officers is placed in section 230 of this title. That part dealing with warrant officers is placed in section 303 of this title.
The compulsory retirement age is changed from 64 to 62 in order to make it the same for enlisted men as for officers. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Editorial Notes
Amendments1984–2018 · 3 rounds
2018
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 353 of this title as this section.
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.
Credits
1949–2018 · 4 acts
- 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520, § 353
- 1984Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), , 98 Stat. 2865
- 1986Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(8), , 100 Stat. 700
- 2018renumbered § 2304, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), , 132 Stat. 4221.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520, § 353; Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), , 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(8), , 100 Stat. 700; renumbered § 2304, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), , 132 Stat. 4221.)