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14 U.S.C. § 3735 — Authorized number of officers
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**(a)** The authorized number of officers in the Reserve in an active status is 5,000. Reserve officers on an active-duty list shall not be counted as part of the authorized number of officers in the Reserve. The actual number of Reserve officers in an active status at any time shall not exceed the authorized number unless the Secretary determines that a greater number is necessary for planned mobilization requirements, or unless the excess results directly from the operation of law.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary shall make, at least once each year, a computation to determine the number of Reserve officers in an active status authorized to be serving in each grade. The number in each grade shall be computed by applying the applicable percentage to the total number of such officers serving in an active status on the date the computation is made. The number of Reserve officers in an active status below the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall be distributed by pay grade so as not to exceed percentages of commissioned officers authorized by [section 2103(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2103/b&num=0&edition=prelim). When the actual number of Reserve officers in an active status in a particular pay grade is less than the maximum percentage authorized, the difference may be applied to the number in the next lower grade. A Reserve officer may not be reduced in rank or grade solely because of a reduction in an authorized number as provided for in this subsection, or because an excess results directly from the operation of law.
(2) The authorized number of Reserve Officers in an active status not on active duty in the grades of rear admiral (lower half) and rear admiral is a total of two. However, the Secretary of
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**(a)** The authorized number of officers in the Reserve in an active status is 5,000. Reserve officers on an active-duty list shall not be counted as part of the authorized number of officers in the Reserve. The actual number of Reserve officers in an active status at any time shall not exceed the authorized number unless the Secretary determines that a greater number is necessary for planned mobilization requirements, or unless the excess results directly from the operation of law.
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(1) The Secretary shall make, at least once each year, a computation to determine the number of Reserve officers in an active status authorized to be serving in each grade. The number in each grade shall be computed by applying the applicable percentage to the total number of such officers serving in an active status on the date the computation is made. The number of Reserve officers in an active status below the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall be distributed by pay grade so as not to exceed percentages of commissioned officers authorized by [section 2103(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2103/b&num=0&edition=prelim). When the actual number of Reserve officers in an active status in a particular pay grade is less than the maximum percentage authorized, the difference may be applied to the number in the next lower grade. A Reserve officer may not be reduced in rank or grade solely because of a reduction in an authorized number as provided for in this subsection, or because an excess results directly from the operation of law.
(2) The authorized number of Reserve Officers in an active status not on active duty in the grades of rear admiral (lower half) and rear admiral is a total of two. However, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating may authorize an additional number of Reserve officers not on active duty in the grades of rear admiral (lower half) and rear admiral as necessary in order to meet planned mobilization requirements.
**(c) Deferral of Limitation.—** If at the end of any fiscal year there is in effect a declaration of war or national emergency, the President may defer the effectiveness of any end-strength limitation with respect to that fiscal year prescribed by law for any military or civilian component of the Coast Guard Reserve, for a period not to exceed 6 months after the end of the war or termination of the national emergency.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 1381, act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VI, § 601, 68 Stat. 1183, defined terms used in sections 1381 to 1399 of this title. See [section 3731 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section3731&num=0&edition=prelim), Coast Guard.
Section 1382, act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VI, § 602, 68 Stat. 1183, related to applicability of sections 1381 to 1399 of this title. See [section 3732 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section3732&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1383, act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VI, § 603, 68 Stat. 1184, related to authorized numbers and distribution of officers in the Coast Guard Reserve. See [section 3735 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section3735&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1384, act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VI, § 604, 68 Stat. 1184, related to promotions and selection boards. See [section 3740 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section3740&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1385, act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VI, § 605, 68 Stat. 1185, provided for precedence. See [section 3736 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section3736&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1386, acts Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VI, § 606, 68 Stat. 1185; June 30, 1955, ch. 247, § 5(a), 69 Stat. 221, related to running mates. See [section 3737 of Title 14](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section3737&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 1387, act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1257, title VI, § 607, 68 Stat. 1186, related to promotion zones. See [section 3742 of Title 14](https://uscod
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 3736
revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L.
96–322.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted ‘‘sub-
section 3757(b)’’ for ‘‘subsection 746(b)’’.
Pub. L. 115–282, § 118(b), renumbered section 723 of this
title as this section.
§ 3735. Authorized number of officers
(a) The authorized number of officers in the
Reserve in an active status is 5,000. Reserve offi-
cers on an active-duty list shall not be counted
as part of the authorized number of officers in
the Reserve. The actual number of Reserve offi-
cers in an active status at any time shall not ex-
ceed the authorized number unless the Sec-
retary determines that a greater number is nec-
essary for planned mobilization requirements, or
unless the excess results directly from the oper-
ation of law.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall make, at least once
each year, a computation to determine the num-
ber of Reserve officers in an active status au-
thorized to be serving in each grade. The num-
ber in each grade shall be computed by applying
the applicable percentage to the total number of
such officers serving in an active status on the
date the computation is made. The number of
Reserve officers in an active status below the
grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall be dis-
tributed by pay grade so as not to exceed per-
centages of commissioned officers authorized by
section 2103(b) of this title. When the actual
number of Reserve officers in an active status in
a particular pay grade is less than the maximum
percentage authorized, the difference may be ap-
plied to the number in the next lower grade. A
Reserve officer may not be reduced in rank or
grade solely because of a reduction in an author-
ized number as provided for in this subsect
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