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Title 14 — Coast Guard

Chapter 39 — Coast Guard Auxiliary

§ 3913. Injury or death in line of duty

Statutory text

When any member of the Auxiliary is physically injured or dies as a result of physical injury incurred while performing any duty to which he has been assigned by competent Coast Guard authority, such member or his beneficiary shall be entitled to the same benefits provided for temporary members of the Reserve who suffer physical injury or death resulting from physical injury incurred incident to service. Members of the Auxiliary who incur physical injury or contract sickness or disease while performing any duty to which they have been assigned by competent Coast Guard authority shall be entitled to the same hospital treatment afforded members of the Coast Guard. The performance of a duty as the term is used in this section includes time engaged in traveling back and forth between the place of assigned duty and the permanent residence of a member of the Auxiliary.

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. § 3913

    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 556, § 832

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 556, § 832

  2. Pub. L. 93–283 § 1(15) · 88 Stat. 139

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 3913

    Pub. L. 93–283 included time engaged in traveling back and forth between the place of assigned duty and the permanent residence of a member of the Auxiliary as the performance of a specific duty

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 93–283 included time engaged in traveling back and forth between the place of assigned duty and the permanent residence of a member of the Auxiliary as the performance of a specific duty.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) Section 83 is amended by inserting the words “in or adjacent to the waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, its territories or possessions, or the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or on the high seas if that person, or public body, or instrumentality is subject to the jurisdiction of the United States,” between the word “navigation” and the word “without” in the first sentence thereof.

  3. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1984

    Pub. L. 98–557 § 15(a)(3)(D) · 98 Stat. 2860

    Substituted · 14 U.S.C. § 3913

    Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to members for reference to officers and enlisted men after “treatment afforded”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to members for reference to officers and enlisted men after “treatment afforded”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (D) The following sections of such title are amended by striking “officers and enlisted men” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “members”: 92(b), 144(a), 145(a)(2), 148, 149, 487, and 832.

  4. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–324 title IV § 404(c) · 110 Stat. 3901

    Struck · 14 U.S.C. § 3913

    Pub. L. 104–324 struck out “specific” after “performing any” in two places and after “performance of a”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–324 struck out “specific” after “performing any” in two places and after “performance of a”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (c) Benefits for Injury or Death.— Section 832 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by striking “specific” each place it appears.

  5. Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018

    Pub. L. 115–282 title I § 119(b) · 132 Stat. 4192

    Changed · 14 U.S.C. § 3913

    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 832 of this title as this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 832 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 39 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 821Administration of the Coast Guard Auxiliary3901 822Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary3902 823Eligibility; enrollments3903 823aMembers of the Auxiliary; status3904 824Disenrollment3905 825Membership in other organizations3906 826Use of member’s facilities3907 827Vessel deemed public vessel3908 828Aircraft deemed public aircraft3909 829Radio station deemed government station3910 830Availability of appropriations3911 831Assignment and performance of duties3912 832Injury or death in line of duty3913

4 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 270 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title I, § 11, as added Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 7, 58 Stat. 761).

Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

Editorial Notes

Amendments1974–2018 · 4 rounds

2018

Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 832 of this title as this section.

1996

Pub. L. 104–324 struck out “specific” after “performing any” in two places and after “performance of a”.

1984

Pub. L. 98–557 substituted reference to members for reference to officers and enlisted men after “treatment afforded”.

1974

Pub. L. 93–283 included time engaged in traveling back and forth between the place of assigned duty and the permanent residence of a member of the Auxiliary as the performance of a specific duty.

Credits

1949–2018 · 5 acts
  1. 1949Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 556, § 832
  2. 1974Pub. L. 93–283, § 1(15), , 88 Stat. 141
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(D), , 98 Stat. 2865
  4. 1996Pub. L. 104–324, title IV, § 404(c), , 110 Stat. 3924
  5. 2018renumbered § 3913, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 119(b), , 132 Stat. 4236.
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(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 556, § 832; Pub. L. 93–283, § 1(15), , 88 Stat. 141; Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(D), , 98 Stat. 2865; Pub. L. 104–324, title IV, § 404(c), , 110 Stat. 3924; renumbered § 3913, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 119(b), , 132 Stat. 4236.)

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