Title 14 — Coast Guard
Chapter 37 — Coast Guard Reserve
§ 3702. Authorized strength
Statutory text
The President shall prescribe the authorized strength of the Coast Guard Reserve if not otherwise prescribed by law.
Subject to the authorized strength of the Coast Guard Reserve, the Secretary shall determine, at least annually, the authorized strength in numbers in each grade necessary to provide for mobilization requirements. Without the consent of the member concerned, a member of the Reserve may not be reduced in grade because of the Secretary’s determination.
The Secretary may vary the authorized end strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves for a fiscal year by a number equal to not more than 3 percent of such end strength upon a determination by the Secretary that varying such authorized end strength is in the national interest.
The Commandant may increase the authorized end strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves by a number equal to not more than 2 percent of such authorized end strength upon a determination by the Commandant that such increase would enhance manning and readiness in essential units or in critical specialties or ratings.
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.
Pub. L. 96–322 § 1 · 94 Stat. 1002
Enacted · 14 U.S.C. § 3702
Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1003, § 702
Source evidence
Code source credit
Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1003, § 702Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018
Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 118(b) · 132 Stat. 4192
Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 3702
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 702 of this title as this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 702 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 37 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 701Organization3701 702Authorized strength3702 703Coast Guard Reserve Boards3703 704Grades and ratings; military authority3704 705Benefits3705 706Temporary members of the Reserve; eligibility and compensation3706 707Temporary members of the Reserve; disability or death benefits3707 708Temporary members of the Reserve; certificate of honorable service3708 709Reserve student aviation pilots; Reserve aviation pilots; appointments in commissioned grade3709 709aReserve student pre-commissioning assistance program3710 710Appointment or wartime promotion; retention of grade upon release from active duty3711 711Exclusiveness of service3712 712Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces3713 713Enlistment of members engaged in schooling3714 720Definitions3731 721Applicability of this subchapter3732 722Suspension of this subchapter in time of war or national emergency3733 723Effect of this subchapter on retirement and retired pay3734 724Authorized number of officers3735 725Precedence3736 726Running mates3737 727Constructive credit upon initial appointment3738 728Promotion of Reserve officers on active duty3739 729Promotion; recommendations of selection boards3740 730Selection boards; appointment3741 731Establishment of promotion zones under running mate system3742 732Eligibility for promotion3743 733Recommendation for promotion of an officer previously removed from an active status3744 734Qualifications for promotion3745 735Promotion; acceptance; oath of office3746 736Date of rank upon promotion; entitlement to pay3747 737Type of promotion; temporary3748 738Effect of removal by the President or failure of consent of the Senate3749 739Failure of selection for promotion3750 740Failure of selection and removal from an active status3751 741Retention boards; removal from an active status to provide a flow of promotion3752 742Maximum ages for retention in an active status3753 743Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade3754 744Appointment of a former Navy or Coast Guard officer3755 745Grade on entry upon active duty3756 746Recall of a retired officer; grade upon release3757Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022
Pub. L. 117–263 div. K title CXII § 11234 · 136 Stat. 2395
Added · 14 U.S.C. § 3702(c); 14 U.S.C. § 3702(d)
Pub. L. 117–263 added subsecs. (c) and (d)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 117–263 added subsecs. (c) and (d).Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 11234. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH. Section 3702 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: “(c) The Secretary may vary the authorized end strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves for a fiscal year by a number equal to not more than 3 percent of such end strength upon a determination by the Secretary that varying such authorized end strength is in the national interest. “(d) The Commandant may increase the authorized end strength of the Coast Guard Selected Reserves by a number equal to not more than 2 percent of such authorized end strength upon a determination by the Commandant that such increase would enhance manning and readiness in essential units or in critical specialties or ratings.” .
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 752a of this title prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L. 96–322.
Amendments2018–2022 · 2 rounds
2022
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 117–263 added subsecs. (c) and (d).
2018
Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 702 of this title as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Coast Guard Reserve Components Transition Initiatives
Pub. L. 103–160, title V, § 564(a), (b), , 107 Stat. 1669, 1670, provided that:
“(a) Applicability of Certain Benefits.—
The Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe such regulations as necessary so as to apply to the members of the Coast Guard Reserve the provisions of subtitle B of title XLIV of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2712) [enacting section 1331a [now 12731a] of Title 10, Armed Forces, amending sections 1174a, 1175, and 2133 of Title 10 and section 3012 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 12681 of Title 10], including the amendments made by those provisions. For purposes of the application of any of such provisions to the Coast Guard Reserve, any reference in those provisions to the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department shall be treated as referring to the Secretary of Transportation.
“(b) Regulations.—
Regulations prescribed for the purposes of this section shall to the extent practicable be identical to the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under those provisions.”
[For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of , as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.]
Credits
1980–2022 · 3 acts
- 1980Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, , 94 Stat. 1003, § 702
- 2018renumbered § 3702, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), , 132 Stat. 4233
- 2022amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, § 11234, , 136 Stat. 4034.
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(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, , 94 Stat. 1003, § 702; renumbered § 3702, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), , 132 Stat. 4233; amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXII, § 11234, , 136 Stat. 4034.)