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14 U.S.C. 2708: Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel

Created in 1962 by Public Law 87-649. Changed by 1 later law. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

This Congress

  • S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · became law · changed (c)

How it got here

2018

  • Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 485 of this title as this section. (Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018) Law text

1962

  • Pub. L. 87–649 repealed subsec. (c) which permitted the Coast Guard to purchase uniform clothing for distribution to enlisted personnel or to pay such enlisted personnel a cash clothing allowance. · (c)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.