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14 U.S.C. § 3738a — Direct commissioning authority for individuals with critical skills
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An individual with critical skills that the Commandant considers necessary for the Coast Guard to complete its missions who is not currently serving as an officer in the Coast Guard may be commissioned into the Coast Guard at a grade up to and including commander.
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An individual with critical skills that the Commandant considers necessary for the Coast Guard to complete its missions who is not currently serving as an officer in the Coast Guard may be commissioned into the Coast Guard at a grade up to and including commander.
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**(a) Required Policy.—** The Commandant shall direct the Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy to prescribe a policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence applicable to the cadets and other personnel of the Academy.
**(b) Matters To Be Specified in Policy.—** The policy on sexual harassment and sexual violence under this section shall include specification of the following:
(1) Programs to promote awareness of the incidence of rape, acquaintance rape, and other sexual offenses of a criminal nature that involve cadets or other Academy personnel.
(2) Information about how the Coast Guard and the Academy will protect the confidentiality of victims of sexual harassment or sexual violence, including how any records, statistics, or reports intended for public release will be formatted such that the confidentiality of victims is not jeopardized.
(3) Procedures that cadets and other Academy personnel should follow in the case of an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual violence, including—
(A) if the victim chooses to report an occurrence of sexual harassment or sexual violence, a specification of the individual or individuals to whom the alleged offense should be reported and options for confidential reporting, including written information to be given to victims that explains how the Coast Guard and the Academy will protect the confidentiality of victims;
(B) a specification of any other individual whom the victim should contact; and
(C) procedures on the preservation of evidence potentially necessary for proof of criminal sexual assault.
(4) Procedures for disciplinary action in cases of criminal sexual assault involving a cadet or other Academy personnel.
(5) Sanctions authorized to be imposed in a substantiated case of sexual harassment or sexual
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 3740
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 773 of this title prior to the complete
revision of former chapter 21 of this title by Pub. L.
96–322.
AMENDMENTS
2021—Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘an individual’’ for
‘‘a person’’ in two places, and substituted ‘‘individ-
ual’s’’ for ‘‘person’s’’ and ‘‘An individual’’ for ‘‘A per-
son’’.
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 727 of this
title as this section.
2006—Pub. L. 109–241 substituted ‘‘judge advocate’’ for
‘‘law specialist’’.
2004—Pub. L. 108–293 substituted ‘‘one year’’ for
‘‘three years’’ in second sentence.
§ 3738a. Direct commissioning authority for indi-
viduals with critical skills
An individual with critical skills that the
Commandant considers necessary for the Coast
Guard to complete its missions who is not cur-
rently serving as an officer in the Coast Guard
may be commissioned into the Coast Guard at a
grade up to and including commander.
(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII
[LXXXII], § 8205(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4648.)
§ 3739. Promotion of Reserve officers on active
duty
(a) A Reserve officer on active duty, other
than for training, duty on a board, or duty of a
limited or temporary nature if assigned to ac-
tive duty from an inactive duty status, shall not
be eligible for consideration for promotion under
this subchapter; but shall be considered for pro-
motion under chapter 21 of this title. If pro-
moted while serving on active duty the officer
shall be considered as having been promoted
under this subchapter and shall be an extra
number in the grade to which promoted for the
purpose of grade distribution as prescribed in
this subchapter. Upon release from
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