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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 25 — Personnel; General Provisions

§ 2503. Status of recalled personnel

Statutory text

All retired personnel when recalled to active duty shall serve in the grade or rate in which they were serving at the time of retirement.

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. § 2503

    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 524, § 422

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 524, § 422

  2. Pub. L. 99–348 title II § 205(b)(10) · 100 Stat. 682

    Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 2503

    Pub. L. 99–348 substituted “rate” for “rating”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 99–348 substituted “rate” for “rating”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (10) Sections 421 and 422 of such title are amended by striking out “rating” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “rate”.

  3. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 114(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 2503

    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 422 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 422 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 25 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 334Grade on retirement2501 421Retirement2502 422Status of recalled personnel2503 423Computation of retired pay2504 424Limitations on retirement and retired pay2505 424aSuspension of payment of retired pay of members who are absent from the United States to avoid prosecution2506 425Board for Correction of Military Records deadline2507 426Emergency leave retention authority2508 427Prohibition of certain involuntary administrative separations2509 428Sea service letters2510 430Investigations of flag officers and Senior Executive Service employees2511 431Leave policies for the Coast Guard2512 467Computation of length of service2513 432Personnel of former Lighthouse Service2531

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

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

This provision is desirable because many enlisted men and low-ranking officers may now retire with higher grade which they previously held on a temporary basis. If recalled in the higher grades, they might not be capable of holding same at the time of recall. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1986–2018 · 2 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 422 of this title as this section.

1986

Pub. L. 99–348 substituted “rate” for “rating”.

Credits

1949–2018 · 3 acts
  1. 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 524, § 422
  2. 1986Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(10), , 100 Stat. 700
  3. 2018renumbered § 2503, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 114(b), , 132 Stat. 4223.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 524, § 422; Pub. L. 99–348, title II, § 205(b)(10), , 100 Stat. 700; renumbered § 2503, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 114(b), , 132 Stat. 4223.)

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