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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 23 — Personnel; Enlisted

§ 2316. Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment

Statutory text

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any enlisted member may be discharged at any time within three months before the expiration of his term of enlistment or extended enlistment without prejudice to any right, privilege, or benefit that he would have received, except pay and allowances for the unexpired period not served, or to which he would thereafter become entitled, had he served his full term of enlistment or extended enlistment.

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. Pub. L. 84–136 § 2 · 69 Stat. 282

    Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 2316

    Added June 8, 1955, ch. 136, § 2, 69 Stat. 88, § 370

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Added June 8, 1955, ch. 136, § 2, 69 Stat. 88, § 370

  2. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–557 § 15(a)(3)(A) · 98 Stat. 2860

    Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 2316

    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.

  3. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 113(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 2316

    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 370 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 370 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

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments1984–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 370 of this title as this section.

1984

Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man.

Credits

1955–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 1955Added June 8, 1955, ch. 136, § 2, 69 Stat. 88, § 370
  2. 1984amended Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), , 98 Stat. 2865
  3. 2018renumbered § 2316, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), , 132 Stat. 4221.
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(Added June 8, 1955, ch. 136, § 2, 69 Stat. 88, § 370; amended Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), , 98 Stat. 2865; renumbered § 2316, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), , 132 Stat. 4221.)

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