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14 U.S.C. 3735: Authorized number of officers

Created in 1980 by Public Law 96-322. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–282, §118(b), renumbered section 724 of this title as this section. (Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018) Law text
    • Pub. L. 115–282, §123(b)(2), substituted "section 2103(b)" for "section 42(b)". (Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018) Law text · (b)

    2006

    • Pub. L. 109–241, §207(1), inserted "Reserve officers on an active-duty list shall not be counted as part of the authorized number of officers in the Reserve." after "5,000." (Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 109–241, §207(2), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "The authorized number of Reserve officers in an active status below the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall be distributed in grade in the following percentages, respectively: captai… (Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006) Law text · (b)

    2002

    • Pub. L. 107–295 added subsec. (c). (Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002) Law text · (c)

    1985

    • Pub. L. 99–145 substituted "rear admiral (lower half)" for "commodore" wherever appearing. · (b)

    1984

    • Pub. L. 98–557 designated existing provisions as par. (1), struck out provisions authorizing number of Reserve officers in an active status not on active duty in the combined grades of commodore and rear admiral as two, and added par. (2). · (b)

    1983

    • Pub. L. 97–417 substituted "commodore" for "rear admiral" and "combined grades of commodore and real admiral" for "grade of rear admiral". · (b)

    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.