Federal

Title 14 — Coast Guard

449 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 2742 — Honorable subsequent service as condition to award
• § 2743 — Posthumous awards
• § 2744 — Life-saving medals
• § 2745 — Replacement of medals
• § 2746 — Award of other medals
• § 2747 — Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct
• § 2748 — Presentation of United States flag upon retirement
• § 2761 — Individuals discharged as result of court-martial; allowances to
• § 2762 — Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses
• § 2763 — Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations
• § 2764 — Monetary allowance for transportation of household effects
• § 2765 — Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight
• § 2766 — Travel card management
• § 2767 — Reimbursement for medical-related travel expenses for certain individuals residing on islands in the continental United States
• § 2768 — Annual audit of pay and allowances of members undergoing permanent change of station
• § 2769 — Remission of indebtedness
• § 2770 — Special instruction at universities
• § 2771 — Attendance at professional meetings
• § 2772 — Education loan repayment program for members on active duty in specified military specialties
• § 2773 — Rations or commutation therefor in money
• § 2774 — Sales of ration supplies to messes
• § 2775 — Flight rations
• § 2776 — Payments at time of discharge for good of service
• § 2777 — Clothing for destitute shipwrecked individuals
• § 2778 — Advancement of public funds to personnel
• § 2779 — Transportation to and from certain places of employment
• § 2901 — Work-life policies and programs
• § 2902 — Surveys of Coast Guard families
• § 2903 — Reimbursement for adoption expenses
• § 2904 — Education and training opportunities for Coast Guard spouses
• § 2905 — Youth sponsorship initiatives
• § 2906 — Dependent school children
• § 2921 — Definitions
• § 2922 — Child development services
• § 2923 — Child development center standards and inspections
• § 2924 — Child development center employees
• § 2925 — Parent partnerships with child development centers
• § 2926 — Family child care providers
• § 2927 — Child care subsidy program
• § 2941 — Definitions
• § 2942 — General authority
• § 2943 — Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of in­adequate housing
• § 2944 — Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees
• § 2945 — Conveyance of real property
• § 2946 — Coast Guard Housing Fund
• § 2947 — Reports
• § 301 — Grades and ratings
• § 302 — Commandant; appointment
• § 303 — Vice Commandant; appointment
• § 304 — Retirement of Commandant or Vice Commandant
• § 305 — Vice admirals
• § 306 — Retirement
• § 307 — Vice admirals and admirals, continuity of grade
• § 308 — Chief Acquisition Officer
• § 309 — Office of the Coast Guard Reserve; Director
• § 310 — Director of Coast Guard Investigative Service
• § 311 — United States Coast Guard Band; composition; director
• § 312 — Western Alaska Oil Spill Planning Criteria Program
• § 313 — Chief of Staff to President: appointment
• § 314 — Captains of the port
• § 315 — Congressional affairs; Director
• § 316 — Commandant Advisory Judge Advocate
• § 317 — Special Advisor to Commandant for Tribal and Native Hawaiian Affairs
• § 318 — Judge Advocate General; Deputy Judge Advocate General: appointment; duties
• § 331 — Centers of expertise for Coast Guard prevention and response
• § 332 — Marine industry training program
• § 333 — Training courses on workings of Congress
• § 334 — National Coast Guard Museum
• § 335 — Environmental Compliance and Restoration Program
• § 336 — Unmanned system program and autonomous control and computer vision technology project
• § 337 — Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
• § 338 — Redistricting notification requirement
• § 339 — Prevention and response workforces
• § 3701 — Organization
• § 3702 — Authorized strength
• § 3703 — Coast Guard Reserve Boards
• § 3704 — Grades and ratings; military authority
• § 3705 — Benefits
• § 3706 — Temporary members of the Reserve; eligibility and compensation
• § 3707 — Temporary members of the Reserve; disability or death benefits
• § 3708 — Temporary members of the Reserve; certificate of honorable service
• § 3709 — Reserve student aviation pilots; Reserve aviation pilots; appointments in commissioned grade
• § 3710 — Reserve student pre-commissioning assistance program
• § 3711 — Appointment or wartime promotion; retention of grade upon release from active duty
• § 3712 — Exclusiveness of service
• § 3713 — Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular forces
• § 3714 — Enlistment of members engaged in schooling
• § 3731 — Definitions
• § 3732 — Applicability of this subchapter
• § 3733 — Suspension of this subchapter in time of war or national emergency
• § 3734 — Effect of this subchapter on retirement and retired pay
• § 3735 — Authorized number of officers
• § 3736 — Precedence
• § 3737 — Running mates
• § 3738 — Constructive credit upon initial appointment
• § 3738a — Direct commissioning authority for individuals with critical skills
• § 3739 — Promotion of Reserve officers on active duty
• § 3740 — Promotion; recommendations of selection boards
• § 3741 — Selection boards; appointment
• § 3742 — Establishment of promotion zones under running mate system
• § 3743 — Eligibility for promotion
• § 3744 — Recommendation for promotion of an officer previously removed from an active status
• § 3745 — Qualifications for promotion
• § 3746 — Promotion; acceptance; oath of office
• § 3747 — Date of rank upon promotion; entitlement to pay
• § 3748 — Type of promotion; temporary
• § 3749 — Effect of removal by the President or failure of consent of the Senate
• § 3750 — Failure of selection for promotion
• § 3751 — Failure of selection and removal from an active status
• § 3752 — Retention boards; removal from an active status to provide a flow of promotion
• § 3753 — Maximum ages for retention in an active status
• § 3754 — Rear admiral and rear admiral (lower half); maximum service in grade
• § 3755 — Appointment of a former Navy or Coast Guard officer
• § 3756 — Grade on entry upon active duty
• § 3757 — Recall of a retired officer; grade upon release
• § 3901 — Administration of the Coast Guard Auxiliary
• § 3902 — Purpose of the Coast Guard Auxiliary
• § 3903 — Eligibility; enrollments
• § 3904 — Members of the Auxiliary; status
• § 3905 — Disenrollment
• § 3906 — Membership in other organizations
• § 3907 — Use of member’s facilities
• § 3908 — Vessel deemed public vessel
• § 3909 — Aircraft deemed public aircraft
• § 3910 — Radio station deemed government station
• § 3911 — Availability of appropriations
• § 3912 — Assignment and performance of duties
• § 3913 — Injury or death in line of duty
• § 4101 — Flags; pennants; uniforms and insignia
• § 4102 — Penalty
• § 4103 — Limitation on rights of members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve
• § 4104 — Availability of facilities and appropriations
• § 4901 — Requirement for prior authorization of appropriations
• § 4902 — Authorizations of appropriations
• § 4903 — Authorization of personnel end strengths
• § 4904 — Authorized levels of military strength and training
• § 501 — Secretary; general powers
• § 502 — Delegation of powers by the Secretary
• § 503 — Transferred]
• § 504 — Commandant; general powers
• § 505 — Functions and powers vested in the Commandant
• § 506 — Prospective payment of funds necessary to provide medical care
• § 507 — Appointment of judges
• § 508 — Coast Guard health-care professionals; licensure portability
• § 509 — Space-available travel on Coast Guard aircraft
• § 510 — Conveyance of Coast Guard vessels for public purposes
• § 5101 — Transmission of annual Coast Guard authorization request
• § 5102 — Capital investment plan
• § 5103 — Major acquisitions
• § 5104 — Manpower requirements plan
• § 5105 — Inventory of real property
• § 5106 — Annual performance report
• § 5107 — Quarterly acquisition reports and major acquisition program risk assessment
• § 5108 — Unfunded priorities list
• § 5109 — Report on gender diversity in the Coast Guard
• § 511 — Retention of certain records
• § 5110 — Mission need statement
• § 5111 — Report on diversity at Coast Guard Academy
• § 5112 — Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the Coast Guard
• § 5113 — Officers not on active duty promotion list
• § 5114 — Expenses of performing and executing defense readiness missions
• § 5115 — Major grants, contracts, or other transactions
• § 5116 — Status of overdue reports
• § 521 — Saving life and property
• § 522 — Law enforcement
• § 523 — Enforcement authority
• § 524 — Enforcement of coastwise trade laws
• § 525 — Special agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service law enforcement authority
• § 526 — Stopping vessels; indemnity for firing at or into vessel
• § 527 — Safety of vessels of the Armed Forces
• § 528 — Protecting against unmanned aircraft
• § 529 — Public availability of information
• § 541 — Aids to navigation authorized
• § 542 — Unauthorized aids to maritime navigation; penalty
• § 543 — Interference with aids to navigation; penalty
• § 544 — Aids to maritime navigation; penalty
• § 545 — Marking of obstructions
• § 546 — Deposit of damage payments
• § 547 — Rewards for apprehension of persons interfering with aids to navigation
• § 548 — Prohibition against officers and employees being interested in contracts for materials
• § 549 — Lighthouse and other sites; necessity and sufficiency of cession by State of jurisdiction
• § 550 — Marking pierheads in certain lakes
• § 551 — Marking anchorage grounds by Commandant of the Coast Guard
• § 552 — Discontinuance of aid to navigation
• § 561 — Icebreaking in polar regions
• § 562 — Appeals and waivers
• § 563 — Notification of certain determinations
• § 564 — Administration of sexual assault forensic examination kits
• § 565 — Use of unmanned aircraft systems
• § 701 — Cooperation with other agencies, States, territories, and political subdivisions
• § 702 — State Department
• § 703 — Treasury Department
• § 704 — Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force
• § 705 — Navy Department
• § 706 — United States Postal Service
• § 707 — Department of Commerce
• § 708 — Department of Health and Human Services
• § 709 — Maritime instruction
• § 710 — Assistance to foreign governments and maritime authorities
• § 711 — Coast Guard officers as attachés to missions