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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 27 — Pay, Allowances, Awards, and Other Rights and Benefits

§ 2708. Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel

Statutory text

(a)

The Coast Guard may purchase uniforms, accouterments, and related equipment for sale to officer personnel and cadets of the Coast Guard.

(b)

The Coast Guard may purchase uniform clothing for sale to enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard. The actual cost of the clothing thus sold to enlisted personnel may be withheld from their pay.

(c)

The Coast Guard may provide a cash allowance, in such amount as the Secretary shall determine by policy, to be paid to pregnant officer personnel for the purchase of maternity-related uniform items, if such uniform items are not so furnished to the member by the Coast Guard.

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. § 2708

    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534, § 485

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534, § 485

  2. Public Law not identified

    Struck · 14 U.S.C. § 2708(c)

    Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 3, 1950, struck out “to” after “or”

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 3, 1950, struck out “to” after “or”.

  3. Pub. L. 87–649 § 14d(4) · 76 Stat. 451

    Repealed · 14 U.S.C. § 2708(c)

    Pub. L. 87–649 repealed subsec. (c) which permitted the Coast Guard to purchase uniform clothing for distribution to enlisted personnel or to pay such enlisted personnel a cash clothing allowance

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87–649 repealed subsec. (c) which permitted the Coast Guard to purchase uniform clothing for distribution to enlisted personnel or to pay such enlisted personnel a cash clothing allowance.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 87–649 effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 of Pub. L. 87–649, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

  4. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 116(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 2708

    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 485 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 485 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 27 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 468Procurement of personnel2701 469Training2702 476Contingent expenses2703 477Equipment to prevent accidents2704 482Clothing at time of discharge for good of service2705 483Right to wear uniform2706 484Protection of uniform2707 485Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel2708 487Procurement and sale of stores to members and civilian employees2709 507Disposition of effects of decedents2710 508Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension and delivery; penalties2711 644Payment for the apprehension of stragglers2712 499Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and regulations2731 491Medal of honor2732 504Medal of honor: duplicate medal2733 505Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag2734 491aCoast Guard cross2735 492Distinguished service medal2736 492aSilver star medal2737 492bDistinguished flying cross2738 493Coast Guard medal2739 494Insignia for additional awards2740 496Time limit on award; report concerning deed2741 497Honorable subsequent service as condition to award2742 498Posthumous awards2743 500Life-saving medals2744 501Replacement of medals2745 502Award of other medals2746 503Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct2747 516Presentation of United States flag upon retirement2748 509Persons discharged as result of court-martial; allowances to2761 510Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses2762 511Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations2763 512Monetary allowance for transportation of household effects2764 513Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight2765 517Travel card management2766 518Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses for certain persons residing on islands in the continental United States2767 519Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing permanent change of station2768 461Remission of indebtedness2769 470Special instruction at universities2770 471Attendance at professional meetings2771 472Education loan repayment program2772 478Rations or commutation therefor in money2773 479Sales of ration supplies to messes2774 480Flight rations2775 481Payments at time of discharge for good of service2776 486Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons2777 488Advancement of public funds to personnel2778 660Transportation to and from certain places of employment2779

  5. Pub. L. 119–60 div. G title LXXII § 7229 · 139 Stat. 1709

    Added · 14 U.S.C. § 2708(c)

    Pub. L. 119–60 added subsec. (c)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 119–60 added subsec. (c).

1 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial · 2 unresolved

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Subsection (a) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 30 (Jan. 12, 1919, ch. 8, 40 Stat. 1054). Said section was changed to have application to the Coast Guard at all times, rather than when the Coast Guard is operating with the Navy.

Inasmuch as the act cited above applies equally to the Navy and Marine Corps as well as the Coast Guard, it is not scheduled for repeal but is being amended by section 9 of this act to eliminate reference to the Coast Guard.

Subsection (b) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946, ed., § 13, and on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 754 (July 1, 1898, ch. 346, § 1, 30 Stat. 604; July 27, 1912, ch. 255, § 2, 37 Stat. 239). Said section 13 was changed to have application to all enlisted personnel rather than to “crews of vessels in service” only. The provision of said section 754 which provided for the sale of clothing to civilian employees is eliminated as becoming obsolete.

Subsection (c) is new. Title 37, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 110 authorizes the payment of a cash allowance in case clothing is not furnished to enlisted persons of the Coast Guard. Clearly this presumes the authority to issue clothing to enlisted persons; this section makes the authority statutory. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1950–2025 · 4 rounds

2025

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 119–60 added subsec. (c).

2018

Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 485 of this title as this section.

1962

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87–649 repealed subsec. (c) which permitted the Coast Guard to purchase uniform clothing for distribution to enlisted personnel or to pay such enlisted personnel a cash clothing allowance.

1950

Subsec. (c). Act , struck out “to” after “or”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1962 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 87–649 effective , see section 15 of Pub. L. 87–649, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

Credits

1949–2025 · 5 acts
  1. 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534, § 485
  2. 1950Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 33, 64 Stat. 408
  3. 1962Pub. L. 87–649, § 14d(4), , 76 Stat. 502
  4. 2018renumbered § 2708, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), , 132 Stat. 4226
  5. 2025Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7229, , 139 Stat. 1709.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534, § 485; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 33, 64 Stat. 408; Pub. L. 87–649, § 14d(4), , 76 Stat. 502; renumbered § 2708, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), , 132 Stat. 4226; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7229, , 139 Stat. 1709.)

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