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14 U.S.C. § 3746 — Promotion; acceptance; oath of office
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**(a)** A Reserve officer who has been appointed under this subchapter is considered to have accepted the appointment unless delivery thereof cannot be effected.
**(b)** A Reserve officer who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in [section 3331 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3331&num=0&edition=prelim), is not required to take a new oath of office upon appointment in a higher grade.
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**(a)** A Reserve officer who has been appointed under this subchapter is considered to have accepted the appointment unless delivery thereof cannot be effected.
**(b)** A Reserve officer who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in [section 3331 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section3331&num=0&edition=prelim), is not required to take a new oath of office upon appointment in a higher grade.
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An individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office of honor or profit in the civil service or uniformed services, shall take the following oath: “I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.” This section does not affect other oaths required by law.
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 3749
§ 3746. Promotion; acceptance; oath of office
(a) A Reserve officer who has been appointed
under this subchapter is considered to have ac-
cepted the appointment unless delivery thereof
cannot be effected.
(b) A Reserve officer who has served continu-
ously since taking the oath of office prescribed
in section 3331 of title 5, is not required to take
a new oath of office upon appointment in a high-
er grade.
(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat.
1012, § 735; renumbered § 3746, Pub. L. 115–282,
title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 797 of this title prior to the complete
revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L.
96–322.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 735 of this
title as this section.
§ 3747. Date of rank upon promotion; entitlement
to pay
(a) When a Reserve officer is promoted to the
next higher grade under this subchapter, the
date of rank shall be the date of appointment in
that grade, unless the promotion was deter-
mined in accordance with a running mate sys-
tem, in which event the same date of rank shall
be assigned as that assigned to the officer’s run-
ning mate. A Reserve officer so promoted shall
be allowed the pay and allowances of the higher
grade for duty performed from the date of the
officer’s appointment thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law
and subject to subsection (c), if promotion of an
inactive duty promotion list officer to the grade
of rear admiral or rear admiral (lower half) is
determined in accordance with a running mate
system, a reserve officer, if acceptable to the
President and the Senate, shal
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