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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 3 — Composition and Organization

§ 316. Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate

Statutory text

There shall be in the Coast Guard a Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate who is a judge advocate in a grade of O-6. The Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate shall be assigned to the staff of the Commandant in the first regularly scheduled O-6 officer assignment panel to convene following the date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 and perform such duties relating to legal matters arising in the Coast Guard as such legal matters relate to the Commandant, as may be assigned.

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. 119–60 div. G title LXXII § 7201(e)(6) · 139 Stat. 1679

    Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 316

    (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(e)(6), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1679.)

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

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(e)(6), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1679.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025, referred to in text, is the date of enactment of div. G of Pub. L. 119–60, which was approved .

Prior Provisions

A prior section 316 was renumbered section 334 of this title.

Credits

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(e)(6), , 139 Stat. 1679.)

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