Title 14 — Coast Guard
Chapter 3 — Composition and Organization
§ 313. Chief of Staff to President: appointment
Statutory text
The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint a flag officer of the Coast Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.
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.
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
Pub. L. 109–163 div. A title V § 597(a) · 119 Stat. 3136
Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 313
Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 597(a), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3283, § 54
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 597(a), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3283, § 54Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Authority.— Chapter 3 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 54. Chief of staff to President: appointment “The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint a flag officer of the Coast Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.” .Pub. L. 119–60 div. G title LXXII § 7201(b) · 139 Stat. 1675
Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 313
Pub. L. 119–60 renumbered section 310 of this title as this section
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 119–60 renumbered section 310 of this title as this section.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 313 was renumbered section 331 of this title.
Another prior section 313, acts Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 15, 64 Stat. 407, provided that any warrant officer who was retired under sections 303 to 305 or 307 of this title should be retired from active service with the highest grade held by him in which his performance of duty was satisfactory, but not lower than his permanent grade, with retired pay of the grade with which retired, prior to repeal by act May 29, 1954, ch. 249, § 20(o), 68 Stat. 167, and by Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(A), , 77 Stat. 177.
A prior section 313a, added Pub. L. 85–144, § 2(a), , 71 Stat. 367, related to retirement of warrant officers in cases where higher grade has been held, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(A), , 77 Stat. 177.
Amendments
2025—Pub. L. 119–60 renumbered section 310 of this title as this section.
Credits
2006–2025 · 3 acts
- 2006Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 597(a), , 119 Stat. 3283, § 54
- 2018renumbered § 310, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b), , 132 Stat. 4196
- 2025renumbered § 313, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), , 139 Stat. 1675.
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(Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 597(a), , 119 Stat. 3283, § 54; renumbered § 310, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b), , 132 Stat. 4196; renumbered § 313, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), , 139 Stat. 1675.)