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14 U.S.C. § 2149 — Regular captains; retirement
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**(a)** Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard serving in the grade of captain whose name is not carried on an approved list of officers selected for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall, unless retired under some other provision of law, be retired on June 30 of the promotion year in which he, or any captain junior to him on the active duty promotion list who has not lost numbers or precedence, completes thirty years of active commissioned service in the Coast Guard. An officer advanced in precedence on the active duty promotion list because of his promotion resulting from selection for promotion from below the zone, or from being placed at the top of the list of selectees promulgated by the Secretary under [section 2121(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121/a&num=0&edition=prelim), is not subject to involuntary retirement under this section earlier than if he had not been selected from below the zone or placed at the top of the list of selectees, as applicable.
**(b)** Retired pay computed under [section 2504(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2504/a&num=0&edition=prelim) of an officer retired under this section shall not be less than 50 percent of the basic pay upon which the computation of his retired pay is based.
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**(a)** Each officer of the Regular Coast Guard serving in the grade of captain whose name is not carried on an approved list of officers selected for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall, unless retired under some other provision of law, be retired on June 30 of the promotion year in which he, or any captain junior to him on the active duty promotion list who has not lost numbers or precedence, completes thirty years of active commissioned service in the Coast Guard. An officer advanced in precedence on the active duty promotion list because of his promotion resulting from selection for promotion from below the zone, or from being placed at the top of the list of selectees promulgated by the Secretary under [section 2121(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121/a&num=0&edition=prelim), is not subject to involuntary retirement under this section earlier than if he had not been selected from below the zone or placed at the top of the list of selectees, as applicable.
**(b)** Retired pay computed under [section 2504(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2504/a&num=0&edition=prelim) of an officer retired under this section shall not be less than 50 percent of the basic pay upon which the computation of his retired pay is based.
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**(a)** The president may appoint temporary commissioned officers—
(1) in the Regular Coast Guard in a grade, not above lieutenant, appropriate to their qualifications, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted members of the Coast Guard, and from holders of licenses issued under chapter 71 of title 46; and
(2) in the Coast Guard Reserve in a grade, not above lieutenant, appropriate to their qualifications, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the commissioned warrant officers of the Coast Guard Reserve.
**(b)** Temporary appointments under this section do not change the permanent, probationary, or acting status of individuals so appointed, prejudice them in regard to promotion or appointment, or abridge their rights or benefits. An individual who is appointed under this section may not suffer any reduction in the rate of pay and allowances to which he would have been entitled had he remained in his former grade and continued to receive the increases in pay and allowances authorized for that grade.
**(c)** An appointment under this section, or a subsequent promotion appointment of a temporary officer, may be vacated by the appointing officer at any time. Each officer whose appointment is so vacated shall revert to his permanent status.
**(d)** Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their appointments as officers in such grade. Appointees whose dates of appointment are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine.
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**(a)**
(1) The President may appoint permanent commissioned officers in the Regular Coast Guard in grades appropriate to their qualification, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the following categories:
(A) Graduates of the Coast Guard Academy.
(B) Commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted members of the Regular Coast Guard.
(C) Members of the Coast Guard Reserve who have served at least 2 years as such.
(D) Licensed officers of the United States merchant marine who have served 2 or more years aboard a vessel of the United States in the capacity of a licensed officer.
(2) Original appointments under this section in the grades of lieutenant commander and above shall be made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(3) Original appointments under this section in the grades of ensign through lieutenant shall be made by the President alone.
**(b)** No individual shall be appointed a commissioned officer under this section until his mental, moral, physical, and professional fitness to perform the duties of a commissioned officer has been established under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe.
**(c)** Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in such grade. Appointees whose dates of commission are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine.
**(d)** For the purposes of this section, the term “original”, with respect to the appointment of a member of the Coast Guard, refers to that member’s most recent appointment in the Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor a demotion.
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Professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and instructors in the Coast Guard shall be subject to retirement or discharge from active service for any cause on the same basis as other commissioned officers of the Coast Guard, except that they shall not be required to retire from active service under the provisions of [section 2149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2149&num=0&edition=prelim), nor shall they be subject to the provisions of [section 2150 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2150&num=0&edition=prelim), nor shall they be required to retire at age sixty-two but may be permitted to serve until age sixty-four at which time unless earlier retired or separated they shall be retired. The Secretary may retire any member of the permanent commissioned teaching staff who has completed thirty years’ active service. Service as a civilian member of the teaching staff at the Academy in addition to creditable service authorized by any other law in any of the military services rendered prior to an appointment as a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor shall be credited in computing length of service for retirement purposes. The provisions of law relating to retirement for disability in line of duty shall not apply in the case of a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, or instructor serving under a temporary appointment.
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**(a)** The Secretary may, whenever the needs of the service require, but not more often than annually, convene a board consisting of not less than six officers of the grade of rear admiral (lower half) or rear admiral to recommend for continuation on active duty officers on the active duty promotion list serving in the grade of captain, who during the promotion year in which the board meets will complete at least three years’ service in that grade and who have not been selected for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half). Officers who are subject to retirement under [section 2149 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2149&num=0&edition=prelim) during the promotion year in which the board meets shall not be considered by this board.
**(b)** Whenever he convenes a board under this section, the Secretary shall establish a continuation zone. The zone shall consist of the most senior captains eligible for consideration for continuation on active duty who have not previously been placed in a continuation zone under this section. The Secretary shall, based upon the needs of the service, prescribe the number of captains to be included in the zone.
**(c)** Based on the needs of the service the Secretary shall furnish the board with the number of officers that may be recommended for continuation on active duty. This number shall be no less than 50 percent of the number considered. The board shall select from the designated continuation zone, in the number directed by the Secretary, those officers who are, in the opinion of the board, best qualified for continuation on active duty.
**(d)** The provisions of sections 2108, 2109, 2115, and 2117 of this title relating to selection for promotion shall, to the extent
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2148
(c) In determining a member’s years of active
service for the purpose of computing separation
pay under this section, each full month of serv-
ice that is in addition to the number of full
years of service creditable to the member is
counted as one-twelfth of a year and any re-
maining fractional part of a month is dis-
regarded.
(d) The acceptance of separation pay under
this section does not deprive an individual of
any retirement benefits from the United States.
However, there shall be deducted from each of
his retirement payments so much thereof as is
based on the service for which he has received
separation pay under this section, until the
total deductions equal the amount of such sepa-
ration pay.
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title V, § 505(a)(1), Dec. 12,
1980, 94 Stat. 2918, § 286a; amended Pub. L.
102–190, div. A, title XI, § 1125(b)(1), Dec. 5, 1991,
105 Stat. 1505; Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title V,
§ 541(f)(2), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2766; Pub. L.
105–383, title II, § 201(a), (b), Nov. 13, 1998, 112
Stat. 3414; Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, § 416(a)(4),
Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2121; Pub. L. 112–213, title
II, § 217(4), Dec. 20, 2012, 126 Stat. 1557; renum-
bered § 2147, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec.
4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title
LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8505(a)(17), Jan. 1, 2021, 134
Stat. 4748.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2021—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘an indi-
vidual’’ for ‘‘a person’’.
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 286a of this
title as this section.
2012—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 112–213 substituted ‘‘separa-
tion pay’’ for ‘‘severance pay’’ wherever appearing.
2002—Pub. L. 107–295 substituted ‘‘separation’’ for
‘‘severance’’ in section catchl
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