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    14 USC CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER
           RIGHTS AND BENEFITS                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-MISC1-
    Sec.                                                     
    461.        Remission of indebtedness of enlisted members upon
                 discharge.                                           
    [462 to 466. Repealed.]                                           
    467.        Computation of length of service.                     
    468.        Procurement of personnel.                             
    469.        Training.                                             
    470.        Special instruction at universities.                  
    471.        Attendance at professional meetings.                  
    [471a.      Repealed.]                                            
    472.        Education loan repayment program.                     
    [473, 474.  Repealed.]                                            
    475.        Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of inadequate
                 housing.                                             
    476.        Contingent expenses.                                  
    477.        Equipment to prevent accidents.                       
    478.        Rations or commutation therefor in money.             
    479.        Sales of ration supplies to messes.                   
    480.        Flight rations.                                       
    481.        Payments at time of discharge for good of service.    
    482.        Clothing at time of discharge for good of service.    
    483.        Right to wear uniform.                                
    484.        Protection of uniform.                                
    485.        Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel.         
    486.        Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons.           
    487.        Procurement and sale of stores to members and civilian
                 employees.                                           
    488.        Advancement of public funds to personnel.             
    [489, 490.  Repealed.]                                            
    491.        Medal of honor.                                       
    492.        Distinguished service medal.                          
    492a.       Distinguished flying cross.                           
    493.        Coast Guard medal.                                    
    494.        Insignia for additional awards.                       
    [495.       Repealed.]                                            
    496.        Time limit on award; report concerning deed.          
    497.        Honorable subsequent service as condition to award.   
    498.        Posthumous awards.                                    
    499.        Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and
                 regulations.                                         
    500.        Life-saving medals.                                   
    501.        Replacement of medals.                                
    502.        Award of other medals.                                
    503.        Awards and insignia for excellence in service or
                 conduct.                                             
    504.        Medal of honor: duplicate medal.                      
    505.        Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag.  
    [506.       Repealed.]                                            
    507.        Disposition of effects of decedents.                  
    508.        Deserters; payment of expenses incident to
                 apprehension and delivery; penalties.                
    509.        Persons discharged as result of court-martial;
                 allowances to.                                       
    510.        Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses.               
    511.        Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel
                 at isolated duty stations.                           
    512.        Monetary allowance for transportation of household
                 effects.                                             
    513.        Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by
                 administrative error or oversight.                   
    514.        Reimbursement for adoption expenses.                  
    515.        Child development services.                           
    516.        Presentation of United States flag upon retirement.   
    517.        Travel card management.                               

                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Chapter 13 of this title deals with pay, allowances, awards, and
    other rights and benefits for personnel of the Coast Guard. Some of
    these sections are new as applied to the Coast Guard, some clarify
    and consolidate existing law, and others merely restate existing
    law. There is no intention to amend, enlarge or curtail the Pay
    Readjustment Act of 1942, as amended. 81st Congress, House Report
    No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2004 - Pub. L. 108-293, title II, Secs. 210(b), 218(b), Aug. 9,
    2004, 118 Stat. 1036, 1039, added items 472 and 517.
      2002 - Pub. L. 107-295, title III, Sec. 312(b), Nov. 25, 2002,
    116 Stat. 2102, added item 511 and struck out former item 511
    "Compensatory absence of military personnel at isolated aids to
    navigation."
      Pub. L. 107-248, title VIII, Sec. 8143(c)(4)(B), Oct. 23, 2002,
    116 Stat. 1571, added item 505.
      2001 - Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title V, Sec. 553(d)(1)(B), Dec.
    28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1117, added item 504.
      1998 - Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title VI, Sec. 644(d)(2), Oct.
    17, 1998, 112 Stat. 2049, added item 516.
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-324, title II, Sec. 201(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110
    Stat. 3907, added item 515.
      1991 - Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VI, Sec. 651(b)(2), Dec. 5,
    1991, 105 Stat. 1387, added item 514.
      1988 - Pub. L. 100-448, Sec. 13(b), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat.
    1844, added item 513.
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557, Secs. 15(a)(4)(D)(ii), 25(a)(3), Oct. 30,
    1984, 98 Stat. 2866, 2872, struck out item 462a and substituted
    "members" for "officers, enlisted men," in item 487.
      1982 - Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 2(15)(B), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat.
    1302, struck out item 473.
      1980 - Pub. L. 96-376, Sec. 7(b), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1510,
    added item 512.
      1970 - Pub. L. 91-278, Sec. 1(12), June 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 306,
    substituted "Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of inadequate
    housing" for "Hiring of quarters for personnel" as item 475.
      1968 - Pub. L. 90-377, Sec. 7, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 288,
    substituted "Persons discharged as result of court-martial;
    allowances to" for "Prisoners; allowances to; transportation" in
    item 509.
      1966 - Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 73(c)(2), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat.
    1124, struck out reference to pay and allowances and to pay of
    officers indebted to the United States and inserted reference to
    discharge in item 461.
      Pub. L. 89-444, Sec. 1(26), June 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 197, struck
    out items 462, 464, 465, 466, 474, 504, 505, and 506.
      1964 - Pub. L. 88-558, Sec. 7(1), Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 768,
    struck out item 490 effective two years after Aug. 31, 1964. Pub.
    L. 88-558 was subsequently repealed by Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 5(b),
    Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068.
      1962 - Pub. L. 87-651, title III, Sec. 308, Sept. 7, 1962, 76
    Stat. 527, struck out item 471a.
      Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 7(c), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 495, struck
    out "active duty pay and" before "retired pay" in item 462a.
      Pub. L. 87-526, Sec. 1(2), (4), July 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 141,
    provided for remission of indebtedness of enlisted members in item
    461 and struck out item 495 providing for additional pay for
    holders of medals.
      1956 - Act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Secs. 10(b), 11(b), 12(b),
    14(b), 70A Stat. 624, added items 462a, 471a, 492a, and 510.
      Act Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 837, title V, Sec. 502(8)(B), 70 Stat. 886,
    struck out item 489 "Death gratuity".
      1955 - Act Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 650, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 577, added
    item 511.
      1954 - Act Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, Sec. 33(a), 68 Stat. 1238,
    inserted "; pay of officers indebted to United States" in item 461.
      1952 - Act July 10, 1952, ch. 631, Sec. 1, 66 Stat. 539,
    substituted "payment of expenses incident to apprehension and
    delivery" for "arrest by civil authority" in item 508.
      1950 - Act Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, Sec. 25, 64 Stat. 407, struck
    out items 463 and 472.
      Act May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 16(b), 64 Stat. 149, added items
    508 and 509.

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    14 USC Sec. 461                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 461. Remission of indebtedness of enlisted members upon
      discharge

-STATUTE-
      If he considers it in the best interest of the United States, the
    Secretary may have remitted or canceled any part of an enlisted
    member's indebtedness to the United States or any of its
    instrumentalities remaining unpaid before or at the time of, that
    member's honorable discharge.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 530; Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1263, Sec.
    33(b), 68 Stat. 1238; Pub. L. 87-526, Sec. 1(1), July 10, 1962, 76
    Stat. 141; Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14d(7), Sept. 7, 1962, as added
    Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 73(a)(3), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1124; Pub. L.
    89-718, Sec. 73(c)(1), Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1124; Pub. L. 90-83,
    Sec. 2, Sept. 11, 1967, 81 Stat. 220; Pub. L. 94-546, Sec. 1(29),
    Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 20a, 121 (May 18,
    1920, ch. 190, Sec. 8, 41 Stat. 603; June 10, 1922, ch. 212, 42
    Stat. 625; July 3, 1926, ch. 742, Sec. 10, 44 Stat. 817).
      Said section 121 was omitted from the 1940 and 1946 editions of
    the U.S. Code, but it has been held that the assimilation provision
    thereof is inoperative only insofar as Congress has made specific
    legislative provision for the Coast Guard, and that benefits
    derived from legislation pertaining to the Navy previously
    conferred upon the Coast Guard, and not provided for in subsequent
    legislation, survive to the Coast Guard under the assimilation
    statute. (See 27 Comp. Dec. 234; 22 Comp. Gen. 723; decision of
    June 9, 1947, B-63472; decision of April 2, 1948, B-70438; and
    decision of September 2, 1948, B-77295.)
      It seems desirable to retain this assimilation provision as to
    pay in order to cover any failure to provide specifically for the
    Coast Guard in military pay legislation.
      This section assimilates the pay of military personnel of the
    Coast Guard to the pay of military personnel of the Navy. It seems
    that this is the most feasible method of insuring that the pay of
    military personnel of the Coast Guard will not vary from the pay of
    military personnel of the other armed forces. The assimilation is
    intended to include authorization for extra pay and allowances as
    provided for personnel of the Navy, for all types of special duty:
    for example, qualified divers on diving duty, military personnel
    assigned to submarine duty, military personnel assigned to aviation
    duty, officers assigned as aides to flag officers, and enlisted
    persons assigned to duty in the mess detail. Military pay acts are
    intended to include Coast Guard personnel specifically; this
    section would cover any failure to so provide for Coast Guard
    personnel in a pay act.
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1976 - Pub. L. 94-546 substituted "Secretary" for "Secretary of
    the Treasury".
      1967 - Pub. L. 90-83 corrected section 73(a)(3) of Pub. L. 89-718
    to change the designation of sections repealed under Pub. L. 87-649
    from sections 471(a) and (b) of Title 14 to sections 461(a) and (b)
    of Title 14. See 1966 Amendment note below.
      1966 - Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 73(a)(3), amended section 14d of Pub.
    L. 87-649, which contained in cls. (1) to (6) list of sections of
    Title 14 repealed by Pub. L. 87-649, by inserting "(7) Section
    471(a) and (b)." However, for purposes of codification, the repeal
    has been executed to former subsecs. (a) and (b) of this section,
    which provided respectively for the awarding of the same pay and
    allowances as prescribed for corresponding ranks, grades, or
    ratings for personnel of the Navy and for the withholding of pay of
    officers on account of indebtedness to the United States, since
    this appears to have been the intent of Congress.
      Pub. L. 89-718, Sec. 73(c)(1), struck out references to pay and
    allowances and pay of officers indebted to the United States from
    section catchline and struck out letter designation "(c)" from
    beginning of former subsec. (c), leaving text of former subsec. (c)
    as constituting entire text of section.
      1962 - Pub. L. 87-526, Sec. 1(1)(A), amended section catchline to
    provide for remission of indebtedness of enlisted members.
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-526, Sec. 1(1)(B), added subsec. (c).
      1954 - Act Sept. 3, 1954 inserted "; pay of officers indebted to
    United States" in section catchline, designated existing provisions
    as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1967 AMENDMENT                 
      Section 9(i) of Pub. L. 90-83 provided that: "Section 2 of this
    Act [correcting section 73(a)(3) of Pub. L. 89-718] is effective as
    of November 2, 1966, for all purposes."

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    14 USC Sec. 462                                             01/03/2007

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    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 462. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 462. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14d(1), Sept. 7, 1962, 76
      Stat. 502].
      Section, acts Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 530; May 14, 1960,
    Pub. L. 86-474, Sec. 1(19), 74 Stat. 146, related to pay and
    allowances of rear admirals. See section 202 of Title 37, Pay and
    Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 of Pub. L. 87-649,
    set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title
    37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

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    14 USC Sec. 462a                                            01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 462a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 462a. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-417, Sec. 2(11), Jan. 4, 1983, 96
      Stat. 2086].
      Section, added act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 10(a), 70A Stat.
    623; amended Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 7(b), 76 Stat.
    495, related to retired pay after two years of active duty for
    retired rear admirals.

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    14 USC Sec. 463                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 463. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 463. Repealed. Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, Sec. 36, 64 Stat. 408].
      Section, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 530, related to
    continuation of additional pay.

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    14 USC Secs. 464, 465                                       01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Secs. 464, 465. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Secs. 464, 465. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14d(2), (3), Sept.
      7, 1962, 76 Stat. 502].
      Section 464, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 531, related to
    allotments of pay. See section 703 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances
    of the Uniformed Services.
      Section 465, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 531, related to
    advances to officers ordered to and from sea or shore duty beyond
    the seas. See section 1006 of Title 37.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Repeal effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 of Pub. L. 87-649,
    set out as an Effective Date note preceding section 101 of Title
    37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

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    14 USC Sec. 466                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 466. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 466. Repealed. July 12, 1955, ch. 328, Sec. 5(3), 69 Stat.
      296].
      Section, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 531, provided for
    settlement of accounts of deceased officers and men. See section
    2771 of Title 10, Armed Forces, and section 714 of Title 32,
    National Guard.

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    14 USC Sec. 467                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 467. Computation of length of service

-STATUTE-
      In computing length of service of officers and enlisted personnel
    for any purpose all creditable service in the Army, Navy, Marine
    Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, Revenue Cutter Service, and Life
    Saving Service shall be included in addition to any other
    creditable service authorized by any other law.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 531.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 2 (Jan. 28, 1915, ch.
    20, Sec. 3, 38 Stat. 801).
      The Air Force is added in the enumeration of services.
      That part referring to the operation of a station for part of a
    year is omitted.
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

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    14 USC Sec. 468                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 468. Procurement of personnel

-STATUTE-
      The Coast Guard may expend operating expense funds for recruiting
    activities, including but not limited to advertising and
    entertainment, in order to - 
        (1) obtain recruits for the Service and cadet applicants; and
        (2) gain support of recruiting objectives from those who may
      assist in the recruiting effort.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 531; Pub. L. 104-324, title II,
    Sec. 206(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3908.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on the following language contained in the Coast Guard
    appropriation act for 1949, "Pay and Allowances" and preceding
    years: "expenses of recruiting for the Coast Guard; advertising for
    and obtaining enlisted personnel and applicants for appointment as
    cadets;" (June 19, 1948, ch. 558, 62 Stat. 562).
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-324 amended text generally. Prior to
    amendment, text read as follows: "The Coast Guard may make
    expenditures as necessary in order to obtain recruits for the
    service and cadet applicants, including advertising."

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    14 USC Sec. 469                                             01/03/2007

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    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 469. Training

-STATUTE-
      The Coast Guard may make expenditures for the training of
    personnel, including books, school supplies, correspondence
    courses, motion picture equipment, and other equipment for
    instructional purposes.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 531.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on the following language contained in the Coast Guard
    appropriation act for 1949, "Pay and Allowances" and preceding
    years: "motion picture and other equipment for instructional
    purposes; . . . training of enlisted personnel, including
    textbooks, school supplies, and correspondence courses;" (June 19,
    1948, 62 Stat. 562).
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

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    14 USC Sec. 470                                             01/03/2007

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    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 470. Special instruction at universities

-STATUTE-
      Coast Guard personnel may be assigned for special instruction at
    private or state colleges or universities, and their expenses,
    including tuition, books, laboratory equipment and fees, and school
    supplies, may be defrayed by the Coast Guard.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 531.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on the following language contained in the Coast Guard
    appropriation act for 1949, "Pay and Allowances" and preceding
    years: "Not to exceed $32,200 for cost of instruction of officers
    at non-Federal institutions, including books, laboratory equipment
    and fees, school supplies, and maintenance of students;" (June 19,
    1948, ch. 558, 62 Stat. 562).
      The monetary limitation is removed.
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

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    14 USC Sec. 471                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 471. Attendance at professional meetings

-STATUTE-
      Coast Guard personnel may be directed to attend meetings of
    technical, professional, scientific, and other similar
    organizations and may be reimbursed for expenses thereby incurred
    at the rates authorized by law.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      It is believed that the authority contained in this section will
    greatly benefit the Government in providing better trained
    personnel. A similar provision was enacted for personnel of the
    Navy in 1946 (see title 5, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 421c). 81st
    Congress, House Report No. 557.

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    14 USC Sec. 471a                                            01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 471a. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 471a. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-651, title III, Sec. 307B, Sept.
      7, 1962, 76 Stat. 526].
      Section, added act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 11(a), 70A Stat.
    624, authorized transportation of motor vehicles on permanent
    change of station.

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    14 USC Sec. 472                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 472. Education loan repayment program

-STATUTE-
      (a)(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary
    may repay - 
        (A) any loan made, insured, or guaranteed under part B of title
      IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.);
        (B) any loan made under part D of such title (the William D.
      Ford Federal Direct Loan Program, 20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.); or
        (C) any loan made under part E of such title (20 U.S.C. 1087aa
      et seq.).

    Repayment of any such loan shall be made on the basis of each
    complete year of service performed by the borrower.
      (2) The Secretary may repay loans described in paragraph (1) in
    the case of any person for service performed on active duty as an
    enlisted member of the Coast Guard in a specialty specified by the
    Secretary.
      (b) The portion or amount of a loan that may be repaid under
    subsection (a) is 33 1/3  percent or $1,500, whichever is greater,
    for each year of service.
      (c) If a portion of a loan is repaid under this section for any
    year, interest on the remainder of such loan shall accrue and be
    paid in the same manner as is otherwise required.
      (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize
    refunding any repayment of a loan.
      (e) The Secretary shall, by regulation, prescribe a schedule for
    the allocation of funds made available to carry out this section
    during any year for which funds are not sufficient to pay the sum
    of the amounts eligible for repayment under subsection (a).

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 108-293, title II, Sec. 218(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118
    Stat. 1038.)

-REFTEXT-
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (a)(1),
    is Pub. L. 89-329, Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1219, as amended. Parts
    B, D, and E of title IV of the Act are classified to parts B (Sec.
    1071 et seq.), C (Sec. 1087a et seq.), and D (Sec. 1087aa et seq.),
    respectively, of subchapter IV of chapter 28 of Title 20,
    Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
    Short Title note set out under section 1001 of Title 20 and Tables.


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      A prior section 472, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532,
    related to travel allowance to enlisted men on discharge, prior to
    repeal by act Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, Sec. 36, 64 Stat. 408. See
    section 404 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed
    Services.

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    14 USC Sec. 473                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 473. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 473. Repealed. Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 2(15)(A), Oct. 12, 1982,
      96 Stat. 1302].
      Section, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532, authorized
    Secretary to discharge underage Coast Guard enlisted personnel with
    appropriate pay and allowances, such persons to be given
    subsistence and transportation in kind to their homes.
      Opinion of the Comptroller General, No. B-91297, Dec. 23, 1949,
    in holding that act Sept. 24, 1945, ch. 385, 59 Stat. 536, from
    which this section was derived, was superseded by section 303 of
    the Career Compensation Act of 1949, act Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681,
    title III, 63 Stat. 813, stated that this section was also
    inconsistent with said section 303 and therefore repealed. See
    section 423 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed
    Services.

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 474                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 474. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 474. Repealed. Sept. 1, 1954, ch. 1211, Sec. 5, 68 Stat.
      1130].
      Section, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532, related to
    compensation for travel tolls and fares. See section 408 of Title
    37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 475                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 475. Leasing and hiring of quarters; rental of inadequate
      housing

-STATUTE-
      (a) The Secretary is authorized to lease housing facilities at or
    near Coast Guard installations, wherever located, for assignment as
    public quarters to military personnel and their dependents, if any,
    without rental charge upon a determination by the Secretary, or his
    designee, that there is a lack of adequate housing facilities at or
    near such Coast Guard installations. The Secretary is also
    authorized to lease housing facilities for assignment as public
    quarters, without rental charge, to military personnel who are on
    sea duty or duty at remote offshore Coast Guard stations and who do
    not have dependents. Such authority shall be effective in any
    fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided
    in appropriation Acts. When any such lease involves housing
    facilities in a foreign country, the lease may be made on a
    multiyear basis for a period not to exceed five years, and, in
    accordance with local custom and practice, advance payment may be
    made for the lease. Such public housing facilities may be leased on
    an individual or multiple-unit basis. Expenditures for the rental
    of such housing facilities may not exceed the average authorized
    for the Department of Defense in any year except where the
    Secretary finds that the average is so low as to prevent rental of
    necessary housing facilities in some areas, in which event he is
    authorized to reallocate existing funds to high-cost areas so that
    rental expenditures in such areas exceed the average authorized for
    the Department of Defense.
      (b) The Secretary is authorized, subject to regulations approved
    by the President - 
        (1) to designate as rental housing such housing as he may
      determine to be inadequate as public quarters; and
        (2) to lease inadequate housing to members of the Coast Guard
      for occupancy by them and their dependents.

      (c) Where sufficient quarters are not possessed by the United
    States, the Commandant may hire quarters for personnel, including
    personnel on sea duty at such times as they may be deprived of
    their quarters on board ship due to repairs or other conditions
    which may render them uninhabitable. Such accommodations shall not
    be available for occupancy by the dependents of such personnel.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532; Pub. L. 91-278, Sec. 1(11),
    June 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 305; Pub. L. 92-343, Sec. 4, July 10, 1972,
    86 Stat. 450; Pub. L. 93-65, Sec. 5, July 9, 1973, 87 Stat. 151;
    Pub. L. 94-406, Sec. 4, Sept. 10, 1976, 90 Stat. 1236; Pub. L. 94-
    478, Oct. 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 2077; Pub. L. 94-546, Sec. 1(30),
    Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521; Pub. L. 96-376, Sec. 4, Oct. 3, 1980,
    94 Stat. 1509; Pub. L. 96-470, title I, Sec. 112(d), Oct. 19, 1980,
    94 Stat. 2240; Pub. L. 97-136, Sec. 7, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat.
    1706; Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 2(11), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1302;
    Pub. L. 97-322, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1582;
    Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title VI, Sec. 632(b)(2), Dec. 4, 1987,
    101 Stat. 1105.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 133a (June 19, 1942,
    ch. 419, Sec. 2, 56 Stat. 372) and on the following language
    contained in the Coast Guard appropriation act for 1949, "Pay and
    Allowances" and preceding years: "hire of quarters for Coast Guard
    personnel comparable to quarters assignable on a capital ship of
    the Navy, as authorized by the Secretary to meet emergency
    conditions, including officers and men on sea duty at such times as
    they may be deprived of their quarters on board ship due to repairs
    or other conditions which may render them uninhabitable: Provided,
    That under this authorization no funds may be expended for the hire
    of quarters for occupancy by the dependents of officers or enlisted
    personnel" (June 19, 1948, ch. 558, 62 Stat. 562).
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1987 - Subsecs. (b) to (d). Pub. L. 100-180 redesignated subsecs.
    (c) and (d) as (b) and (c), respectively, and struck out former
    subsec. (b) which read as follows: "Notwithstanding the provisions
    of any other law, members of the Coast Guard, with dependents, may
    occupy on a rental basis, without loss of basic allowance for
    quarters, inadequate quarters under the jurisdiction of the Coast
    Guard notwithstanding that such quarters may have been constructed
    or converted for assignment as public quarters. The net difference
    between the basic allowance for quarters and the fair rental value
    of such quarters shall be paid from otherwise available
    appropriations; however, no rental charge for such quarters shall
    be made against the basic allowance for quarters of a member of the
    Coast Guard in excess of 75 percent of such allowance except that
    in no event shall the net rental value charged to the member's
    basic allowance for quarters be less than the cost of maintaining
    and operating the housing."
      1982 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-295 substituted "percent" for "per
    centum".
      Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 97-322 repealed subsec. (e) which
    required that the Secretary, annually and not later than April 1,
    file with the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate
    a report of the utilization of subsecs. (a), (b), and (d) authority
    during the preceding calendar year, and subsec. (f) which
    prohibited utilization of subsecs. (a), (b), (c), or (d) authority
    after Apr. 1, 1973, unless all required subsec. (e) reports were
    filed with the Congress.
      1981 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97-136 inserted provisions
    authorizing the Secretary to lease housing facilities for
    assignment as public quarters, without rental charge, to military
    personnel who are on sea duty or duty at remote offshore Coast
    Guard stations and who do not have dependents, and further provided
    that such authority shall be effective in any fiscal year only to
    such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation
    acts.
      1980 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-376 substituted "multiyear basis"
    for "multi-year basis," and authorized advance payment for any
    housing facilities lease in accordance with local custom and
    practice.
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-470 struck out reference to subsec. (c).
      1976 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-546, Sec. 1(30)(a), substituted
    "Secretary" for "Secretary of the Department in which the Coast
    Guard is operating" wherever appearing.
      Pub. L. 94-478 inserted provision allowing leases for housing
    facilities in foreign countries to be made on a multi-year basis.
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 94-546, Sec. 1(30)(b), which was executed to
    subsec. (e) as the probable intent of Congress, substituted
    "Secretary" for "Secretary of the Department in which the Coast
    Guard is operating" and struck out "commencing April 1, 1973,"
    after "not later than April 1,".
      Pub. L. 94-406, Sec. 4(1), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e).
    Former subsec. (e), which provided that the authority conferred by
    subsecs. (b) and (c) of this section expire on June 30, 1976, was
    struck out.
      Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 94-406, Sec. 4(1), (2), redesignated
    subsec. (g) as (f) and substituted "(e)" for "(f)". Former subsec.
    (f) redesignated (e).
      1973 - Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93-65 extended termination date of
    authority provided in subsecs. (b) and (c) from June 30, 1973, to
    June 30, 1976.
      1972 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-343, Sec. 4(1), substituted "The
    Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating"
    for "The Secretary" in first sentence.
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 92-343, Sec. 4(2), struck out reference to
    subsec. (a) and extended authority provided in subsecs. (b) and (c)
    to June 30, 1973.
      Subsecs. (f), (g). Pub. L. 92-343, Sec. 4(3), added subsecs. (f)
    and (g).
      1970 - Pub. L. 91-278 substituted "Leasing and hiring of
    quarters; rental of inadequate housing" for "Hiring of quarters for
    personnel" in section catchline, designated existing provisions as
    subsec. (d), and added subsecs. (a) to (c) and (e).


-EXEC-
    EX. ORD. NO. 11645. AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY TO
             PRESCRIBE CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATING TO HOUSING
      Ex. Ord. No. 11645, Feb. 8, 1972, 37 F.R. 2923, as amended by Ex.
    Ord. No. 13286, Sec. 59, Feb. 28, 2003, 68 F.R. 10629, provided:
      By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3
    of the United States Code, and as President of the United States,
    it is hereby ordered as follows:
      Section 1. The Secretary of Homeland Security is designated and
    empowered to prescribe (or, under a delegation of the Secretary's
    authority, the Commandant of the Coast Guard is authorized to
    prescribe) regulations pursuant to section 475(c) of title 14 of
    the United States Code, relating to the designation and leasing of
    rental housing, without the approval, ratification, or other action
    by the President.
      Sec. 2. Whenever the entire Coast Guard operates as a service in
    the Navy, the reference to the Secretary of Homeland Security in
    section 1 of this order shall be deemed to be a reference to the
    Secretary of the Navy.

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 476                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 476. Contingent expenses

-STATUTE-
      The Commandant may expend for contingencies of the Coast Guard a
    sum not to exceed $50,000 in any one fiscal year.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532; Pub. L. 108-293, title II,
    Sec. 219, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1039.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 15k (Apr. 20, 1939, ch.
    75, 53 Stat. 582).
      The limitation on the amount for such contingencies is increased,
    and the amount is made available to the Commandant rather than
    solely to the Superintendent of the Academy as now prescribed by
    law. The authorization is to cover expenditures incident to the
    offices of the Commandant and the Superintendent of the Academy.
    The intent is that the amount authorized will be administered in a
    manner similar to that now employed by the Superintendent of the
    Academy under the authority of 14 U.S.C., Sec. 15k. 81st Congress,
    House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2004 - Pub. L. 108-293 substituted "$50,000" for "$7,500" and
    struck out at end "The Commandant may authorize the Superintendent
    of the Academy to expend not to exceed $2,500 of this amount for
    contingencies of the Academy."

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 477                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 477. Equipment to prevent accidents

-STATUTE-
      The Coast Guard may make such expenditures as are deemed
    appropriate for promotion and maintenance of the safety and
    occupational health of, and the prevention of accidents affecting,
    personnel of the Coast Guard, including the purchase of clothing,
    equipment, and other materials necessary thereto.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Derived from title 5, U.S.C., 1946, ed., Sec. 118g (Aug. 2, 1946,
    ch. 744, Sec. 13, 60 Stat. 809).
      Because of the wide variety of tasks assigned to Coast Guard
    personnel it is deemed advisable to broaden this authority to the
    more general language as rewritten, insofar as Coast Guard
    personnel are concerned, thus giving complete authority to protect
    their health.
      Said section would in no way be affected.
      Inasmuch as the act cited above applies to executive departments
    generally, it is not scheduled for repeal by this act. 81st
    Congress, House Report No. 557.


-TRANS-
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.


-MISC2-
                HYPOTHERMIA PROTECTIVE CLOTHING REQUIREMENT            
      Pub. L. 107-295, title IV, Sec. 410, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat.
    2118, provided that: "The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall
    ensure that all Coast Guard personnel are equipped with adequate
    safety equipment, including hypothermia protective clothing where
    appropriate, while performing search and rescue missions."

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 478                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 478. Rations or commutation therefor in money

-STATUTE-
      (a) Enlisted members of the Coast Guard, civilian officers and
    civilian crews of vessels, and working parties in the field shall
    be allowed a ration or commutation thereof in money, in such amount
    and under limitations and regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
      (b) Money for commuted rations shall be paid, under such
    regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe, on proper vouchers,
    or pay rolls, to persons entitled to receive it, or to the officers
    designated by the Commandant to administer the financial affairs of
    the messes in which such persons may be subsisted.
      (c) Money paid for commuted rations to the designated officer may
    be deposited in general or limited depositories of public money or
    in any bank in which deposits are insured. Such funds shall be
    expended and accounted for under such regulations as the Secretary
    shall prescribe.
      (d) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as
    modifying or changing in any manner the provisions of law
    pertaining to subsistence allowances for enlisted members, but no
    ration or commutation thereof shall be allowed a person receiving a
    subsistence allowance.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 532; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
    15(a)(3)(B), (C), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 134, 135 (Mar. 25,
    1940, ch. 71, title I, 54 Stat. 64; June 6, 1940, ch. 257, Sec. 10,
    54 Stat. 248; May 31, 1941, ch. 156, title I, Sec. 1, 55 Stat. 221;
    Feb. 7, 1942, ch. 46, title I, 56 Stat. 71; June 26, 1943, ch. 147,
    Sec. 1, 57 Stat. 211; June 22, 1944, ch. 269, Sec. 1, 58 Stat. 316;
    May 29, 1945, ch. 130, Sec. 1, 59 Stat. 216; July 12, 1946, ch.
    569, Sec. 1, 60 Stat. 531; Aug. 2, 1946, ch. 756, Sec. 31, 60 Stat.
    857; July 1, 1947, ch. 186, title I, Sec. 101, 61 Stat. 226).
      The provisions of said section 134 are extended to include all
    persons who might be entitled to receive money for commuted
    rations, rather than only the officer in charge of the mess.
      The last proviso of said section 135 is eliminated, because
    experience during the past 2 years shows that it may react
    detrimentally on enlisted men in time of rising food costs.
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Subsecs. (a), (d). Pub. L. 98-557 substituted reference to
    enlisted members for reference to enlisted men.

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 479                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 479. Sales of ration supplies to messes

-STATUTE-
      Ration supplies may be purchased by the cabin, wardroom, warrant
    officers', and other authorized messes and payment therefor made in
    cash to the commissary officer. The prices to be charged for such
    supplies shall not be less than the invoice prices, and the cash
    received from such sales shall be accounted for on the ration
    return and may be expended for the general mess.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 533.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 132 (Aug. 1, 1914, ch.
    223, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 620). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 480                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 480. Flight rations

-STATUTE-
      There may be furnished to officers, enlisted members, and
    civilian employees, while actually engaged in flight operations, an
    aircraft flight ration in kind, chargeable to the proper Coast
    Guard appropriation, which flight ration shall be supplementary to
    any ration or subsistence allowance now granted to such personnel.
    No part of an aircraft flight ration shall be furnished without
    cost to any person in a travel status or to any person to whom a
    per diem allowance is granted in lieu of actual subsistence.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 533; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
    15(a)(3)(B), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Derived from the title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 909 (June 5,
    1942, ch. 327, 56 Stat. 308).
      Said section is applicable to Navy personnel only. Experience has
    shown that similar authority should be granted to the Coast Guard;
    it will operate to the benefit of Navy personnel stopping over at
    Coast Guard air stations as well as to the benefit of Coast Guard
    personnel stopping over at Naval air stations.
      The language of said section is closely paralleled.
      Said section would in no way be affected. 81st Congress, House
    Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted reference to enlisted members
    for reference to enlisted men.

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 481                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 481. Payments at time of discharge for good of service

-STATUTE-
      Enlisted members discharged by dishonorable discharge, bad-
    conduct discharge, or any other discharge for the good of the
    service, may, upon discharge, be paid a sum not to exceed $25. The
    sum paid shall be fixed by and in the discretion of the Commandant,
    and shall be paid only in cases where the person so discharged
    would otherwise be without funds to meet his immediate needs.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 533; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
    15(a)(3)(C), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Derived from title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 197, and title 14,
    U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 3a (Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 536, Sec. 10, 43 Stat.
    1274; Oct. 26, 1942, ch. 623, 56 Stat. 987).
      Said section 197 was made applicable to the Coast Guard by title
    14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 3a whenever the Coast Guard is operating
    with the Navy. Experience has shown the advantage of having such a
    provision applicable to the Coast Guard at all times.
      Said section would in no way be affected. 81st Congress, House
    Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted "Enlisted members" for
    "Enlisted men".

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 482                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 482. Clothing at time of discharge for good of service

-STATUTE-
      Enlisted members discharged for bad conduct, undesirability,
    unsuitability, or inaptitude may be furnished civilian clothing,
    including an overcoat when necessary, the cost of such furnished
    clothing not to exceed $30, per person.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 533; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
    15(a)(3)(C), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 148 (Dec. 23, 1943, ch.
    380, title I, 57 Stat. 628).
      Inasmuch as the act cited above applies equally to the Navy and
    Marine Corps as well as the Coast Guard, it is not scheduled for
    repeal but is being amended by section 18 of this act to eliminate
    reference to the Coast Guard.
      Changes in phraseology were made in order to adapt said section
    to this revision. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted "Enlisted members" for
    "Enlisted men".

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 483                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 483. Right to wear uniform

-STATUTE-
      When authorized by and in accordance with applicable regulations:
        (a) any member who has served honorably in the Coast Guard
      during war shall when not in active service, whether or not on
      the retired list, be entitled to bear the official title and upon
      occasions of ceremony to wear the uniform of the highest rank or
      rating held by him during his war service, and
        (b) any member on the retired list shall be entitled to wear
      the uniform of his rank or rating.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 533; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
    15(a)(3)(H), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Subsection (a) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 167b-
    2 (June 21, 1930, ch. 563, Sec. 2, 46 Stat. 793).
      Inasmuch as the act cited above applies equally to the Navy and
    Marine Corps as well as the Coast Guard, it is not scheduled for
    repeal but is being amended by section 12 of this act to eliminate
    reference to the Coast Guard.
      Subsection (b) is new to the Coast Guard, although it has been
    the practice for retired officers to wear the uniform when they so
    desire. Such authority is granted to retired officers of the Navy
    (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 389).
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 98-557 substituted reference to
    member for reference to commissioned officer, warrant officer, and
    enlisted man.

                WEARING OF UNIFORM AUTHORIZED BY PRESIDENT            
      Section 2 of act June 21, 1930, ch. 563, 46 Stat. 793, upon which
    subsec. (a) of this section was based, was amended by act July 6,
    1953, ch. 180, Sec. 2, 67 Stat. 140, to substitute "Authorized by
    regulations of the President" for "of ceremony".

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 484                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 484. Protection of uniform

-STATUTE-
      The provisions of law relating to the protection of the uniform
    of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Corps shall apply to the
    protection of the uniform of the Coast Guard, in the same manner,
    to the same extent, and under the same conditions.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 533.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 39 (Aug. 29, 1916, ch.
    418, Sec. 1, 39 Stat. 649).
      The assimilation is made in general terms, rather than by
    reference to the applicable section in title 10, U.S.C., 1946 ed.
    81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 485                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 485. Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel

-STATUTE-
      (a) The Coast Guard may purchase uniforms, accouterments, and
    related equipment for sale to officer personnel and cadets of the
    Coast Guard.
      (b) The Coast Guard may purchase uniform clothing for sale to
    enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard. The actual cost of the
    clothing thus sold to enlisted personnel may be withheld from their
    pay.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, Sec.
    33, 64 Stat. 408; Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14d(4), Sept. 7, 1962, 76
    Stat. 502.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Subsection (a) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 30
    (Jan. 12, 1919, ch. 8, 40 Stat. 1054). Said section was changed to
    have application to the Coast Guard at all times, rather than when
    the Coast Guard is operating with the Navy.
      Inasmuch as the act cited above applies equally to the Navy and
    Marine Corps as well as the Coast Guard, it is not scheduled for
    repeal but is being amended by section 9 of this act to eliminate
    reference to the Coast Guard.
      Subsection (b) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946, ed., Sec. 13,
    and on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 754 (July 1, 1898, ch. 346,
    Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 604; July 27, 1912, ch. 255, Sec. 2, 37 Stat.
    239). Said section 13 was changed to have application to all
    enlisted personnel rather than to "crews of vessels in service"
    only. The provision of said section 754 which provided for the sale
    of clothing to civilian employees is eliminated as becoming
    obsolete.
      Subsection (c) is new. Title 37, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 110
    authorizes the payment of a cash allowance in case clothing is not
    furnished to enlisted persons of the Coast Guard. Clearly this
    presumes the authority to issue clothing to enlisted persons; this
    section makes the authority statutory. 81st Congress, House Report
    No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1962 - Subsec. (c). 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.
      1950 - Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 3, 1950, struck out "to" after "or".

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1962 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 87-649 effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section
    15 of Pub. L. 87-649, set out as an Effective Date note preceding
    section 101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed
    Services.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 486                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 486. Clothing for destitute shipwrecked persons

-STATUTE-
      The Coast Guard may furnish clothing and subsistence to destitute
    shipwrecked persons, and the Coast Guard may reimburse, in cash or
    in kind, Coast Guard personnel who furnish clothing and subsistence
    to destitute ship- wrecked persons.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 749 (July 27, 1912, ch.
    255, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 239; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, Sec. 1, 37 Stat.
    736).
      This section was enlarged to provide that the Coast Guard, as
    well as personnel thereof, may furnish clothing and subsistence to
    destitute shipwrecked persons.
      Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
    557.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 487                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 487. Procurement and sale of stores to members and civilian
      employees

-STATUTE-
      Such stores as the Secretary may designate may be procured and
    sold to members of the Coast Guard, and to the surviving spouses of
    such members. Such designated stores may also be procured and sold
    to civilian officers and employees of the United States, and to
    such other persons as may be specifically authorized by the
    Secretary, at Coast Guard stations and other units beyond the
    continental limits of the United States or in Alaska.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
    15(a)(2), (3)(D), (4)(D)(i), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865, 2866.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Derived from title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 533 (Mar. 3, 1909,
    ch. 255, 35 Stat. 768; Apr. 14, 1937, ch. 78, 50 Stat. 63; June 10,
    1939, ch. 196, 53 Stat. 814; Jan. 23, 1942, ch. 15, 56 Stat. 13;
    Apr. 9, 1943, ch. 39, 57 Stat. 60).
      Said section granted authority for the Secretary of the Navy to
    sell designated stores to officers and enlisted men. It is deemed
    desirable to grant similar authority to the Secretary having
    control of the Coast Guard.
      Said section would in no way be affected. 81st Congress, House
    Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 in section catchline substituted "members"
    for "officers, enlisted men," and in text substituted "surviving
    spouses" for "widows" and "members" for "officers and enlisted men"
    in two places.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 488                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 488. Advancement of public funds to personnel

-STATUTE-
      The Commandant, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary,
    may advance public funds to personnel when required to meet
    expenses of members detailed on emergency shore duty. Funds so
    advanced shall not exceed a reasonable estimate of the actual
    expenditures to be made and for which reimbursement is authorized
    by law.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 98-557, Sec.
    15(a)(3)(I), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Derived from title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 885, and title 14,
    U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 3a (May 22, 1928, ch. 688, 45 Stat. 712;
    Oct. 26, 1942, ch. 623, 56 Stat. 987).
      Said section 885 was made applicable to the Coast Guard by title
    14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 3a whenever the Coast Guard is operating
    with the Navy. Experience has shown the advantage of having such a
    provision applicable to the Coast Guard at all times.
      Said section would in no way be affected. 81st Congress, House
    Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1984 - Pub. L. 98-557 substituted reference to members for
    reference to officers and men.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 489                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 489. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 489. Repealed. Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 837, title V, Sec.
      502(8)(A), 70 Stat. 886].
      Section, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534, provided for
    payment of a death gratuity to survivors of officers and enlisted
    men of Regular Coast Guard. See sections 1475 to 1480 of Title 10,
    Armed Forces.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 490                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 490. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 490. Repealed. Pub. L. 88-558, Sec. 7(2), Aug. 31, 1964, 78
      Stat. 768].
      Section, acts Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 534; Aug.
    3, 1950, ch. 536, Sec. 26, 64 Stat. 407; Aug. 23, 1958, Pub. L. 85-
    738, Sec. 1, 72 Stat. 832; Sept. 15, 1965, Pub. L. 89-185, Sec. 2,
    79 Stat. 789, provided for settlement of claims of military and
    civilian personnel. See section 3721 of Title 31, Money and
    Finance.

                         EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL                     
      Section 7 of Pub. L. 88-558 provided that the repeal of this
    section is effective two years from Aug. 31, 1964.

                                  REPEALS                              
      Pub. L. 89-185, Sept. 15, 1965, 79 Stat. 789, which amended this
    section, and Pub. L. 88-558, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 767, which
    repealed this section and struck out item 490 in the analysis of
    sections comprising this chapter, were repealed by Pub. L. 97-258,
    Sec. 5(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1068.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 491                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 491. Medal of honor

-STATUTE-
      The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a
    medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and
    appurtenances, to a person who, while a member of the Coast Guard,
    distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at
    the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty - 
        (1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United
      States;
        (2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict
      with an opposing foreign force;
        (3) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an
      armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the
      United States is not a belligerent party.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535; Pub. L. 88-77, Sec. 4, July
    25, 1963, 77 Stat. 95.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section is new insofar as application to Coast Guard
    personnel in time of peace is concerned. Such awards can be made to
    members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating with
    the Navy.
      The language is parallel to that found in title 34, U.S.C., 1946
    ed., Sec. 354, providing for awards to personnel of the Navy. 81st
    Congress, House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1963 - Pub. L. 88-77 enlarged the authority to award the medal of
    honor, which was limited to those cases in which persons, while in
    the service of the Coast Guard, distinguished themselves in action
    involving actual conflict with an enemy, or in the line of his
    profession, and without detriment to the mission of his command or
    to the command to which attached, to permit its award for
    distinguished service by members of the Coast Guard while engaged
    in an action against an enemy of the United States, while engaged
    in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign
    force, or while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an
    armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United
    States is not a belligerent party, and substituted the requirement
    that it be of appropriate design, with ribbons and appurtenances,
    for the requirement that the design be the same as that of the Navy
    medal of honor.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 492                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 492. Distinguished service medal

-STATUTE-
      The President may present, but not in the name of Congress, a
    distinguished service medal of appropriate design, with
    accompanying ribbon, together with a rosette or other device, to be
    worn in lieu thereof, to any person who, while serving in any
    capacity with the Coast Guard, distinguishes himself by
    exceptionally meritorious service to the Government in a duty of
    great responsibility.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section is new insofar as application to Coast Guard
    personnel in time of peace is concerned. Such awards can be made to
    members of the Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating with
    the Navy.
      The language is parallel to that found in title 34, U.S.C., 1946
    ed., Sec. 355, providing for awards to personnel of the Navy. 81st
    Congress, House Report No. 557.


-EXEC-
          EX. ORD. NO. 12824. ESTABLISHING THE HOMELAND SECURITY
                        DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
      Ex. Ord. No. 12824, Dec. 7, 1992, 57 F.R. 58121, as amended by
    Ex. Ord. No. 13286, Sec. 29, Feb. 28, 2003, 68 F.R. 10625,
    provided:
      By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
    and the laws of the United States of America and as Commander in
    Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, it is ordered as
    follows:
      Section 1. There is hereby established a Homeland Security
    Distinguished Service Medal, with accompanying ribbons and
    appurtenances, for award by the Secretary of Homeland Security to a
    member of the Coast Guard who has provided exceptionally
    meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility while
    assigned in the Department of Homeland Security, or in other
    activities under the responsibility of the Secretary of Homeland
    Security, either national or international, as may be assigned by
    the Secretary.
      Sec. 2. The Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal and
    appurtenances thereto shall be of appropriate design approved by
    the Secretary of Homeland Security and shall be awarded under such
    regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe. These regulations
    shall place the Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal in an
    order of precedence immediately before the Coast Guard
    Distinguished Service Medal.
      Sec. 3. No more than one Homeland Security Distinguished Service
    Medal shall be awarded to any one person, but for each succeeding
    exceptionally meritorious period of service justifying such an
    award, a suitable device may be awarded to be worn with that Medal
    as prescribed by appropriate regulations of the Department of
    Homeland Security.
      Sec. 4. The Homeland Security Distinguished Service Medal or
    device may be awarded posthumously and, when so awarded, may be
    presented to such representative of the deceased as may be deemed
    appropriate by the Secretary of Homeland Security.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 492a                                            01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 492a. Distinguished flying cross

-STATUTE-
      The President may present, but not in the name of Congress, a
    distinguished flying cross of appropriate design, with accompanying
    ribbon, to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the
    Coast Guard, distinguishes himself by heroism or extraordinary
    achievement while participating in an aerial flight.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 12(a), 70A Stat. 624.)

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 493                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 493. Coast Guard medal

-STATUTE-
      The President may present, but not in the name of Congress, a
    medal to be known as the Coast Guard medal, of appropriate design,
    with accompanying ribbon, together with a rosette or other device
    to be worn in lieu thereof, to any person who, while serving in any
    capacity with the Coast Guard, distinguishes himself by heroism not
    involving actual conflict with an enemy.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section establishes a new medal to be known as the Coast
    Guard Medal, which is intended to be a parallel award to the Navy
    and Marine Corps Medal of the Navy, to be awarded under the same
    circumstances as that medal is awarded to personnel of the Navy
    (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 356b). 81st Congress, House
    Report No. 557.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 494                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 494. Insignia for additional awards

-STATUTE-
      No more than one medal of honor, distinguished service medal,
    distinguished flying cross, or one Coast Guard medal shall be
    issued to any one person; but for each succeeding deed or service
    sufficient to justify the awarding of a medal of honor,
    distinguished service medal, distinguished flying cross, or Coast
    Guard medal, the President may award a suitable emblem or insignia
    to be worn with the decoration and a corresponding rosette or other
    device.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec.
    13, 70A Stat. 624.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section is supplemental to the preceding sections dealing
    with the award of medals and regulates the award of additional
    medals of the same kind. It follows the established practice in all
    the armed forces (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 358). 81st
    Congress, House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1956 - Act Aug. 10, 1956, included the distinguished flying
    cross.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 495                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 495. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 495. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-526, Sec. 1(3), July 10, 1962, 76
      Stat. 141].
      Section, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 535, related to
    additional pay for holders of medals.

                             ADDITIONAL REPEAL                         
      Section was additionally repealed by Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14d(5),
    Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 502, eff. Nov. 1, 1962.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 496                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 496. Time limit on award; report concerning deed

-STATUTE-
      (a) No medal of honor, distinguished service medal, distinguished
    flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in
    lieu thereof may be awarded to a person unless - 
        (1) the award is made within five years after the date of the
      deed or service justifying the award;
        (2) a statement setting forth the deed or distinguished service
      and recommending official recognition of it was made by his
      superior through official channels within three years from the
      date of that deed or termination of the service.

      (b) If the Secretary determines that - 
        (1) a statement setting forth the deed or distinguished service
      and recommending official recognition of it was made by the
      person's superior through official channels within three years
      from the date of that deed or termination of the service and was
      supported by sufficient evidence within that time; and
        (2) no award was made, because the statement was lost or
      through inadvertence the recommendation was not acted upon; a
      medal of honor, distinguished service medal, distinguished flying
      cross, Coast Guard medal, or bar, emblem, or insignia in lieu
      thereof, as the case may be, may be awarded to the person within
      two years after the date of that determination.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 87-526, Sec. 1(5),
    July 10, 1962, 76 Stat. 141.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section establishes a time limit on the making of awards. It
    follows the established practice in all the armed forces (see title
    10, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 1409 and title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
    Sec. 360). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1962 - Pub. L. 87-526 incorporated existing provisions in subsec.
    (a), included the distinguished flying cross and bar in lieu of any
    award in the enumeration of medals, and extended the time limit for
    recommending award of a medal after performance of the deed
    justifying the award from one to three years and added subsec. (b).

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 497                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 497. Honorable subsequent service as condition to award

-STATUTE-
      No medal of honor, distinguished service medal, distinguished
    flying cross, Coast Guard medal, or emblem, or insignia in lieu
    thereof shall be awarded or presented to any individual, or to the
    representative of any individual, whose entire service subsequent
    to the time he distinguished himself shall not in the opinion of
    the Commandant have been honorable.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536; Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec.
    13, 70A Stat. 624.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section makes honorable service subsequent to the act for
    which award is made, a condition precedent to granting the award.
    The Navy has the same statutory condition (see title 34, U.S.C.,
    1946 ed., Sec. 362). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1956 - Act Aug. 10, 1956, included the distinguished flying
    cross.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 498                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 498. Posthumous awards

-STATUTE-
      In case an individual who distinguishes himself dies before the
    making of any award to which he may be entitled, as authorized in
    this chapter, the award may be made and presented within five years
    from the date of the act or service justifying the award to such
    next of kin as may have been designated by the individual, or in
    the absence of such designation, or if the designated person is not
    alive at the time of the award, or the relationship between such
    person and the serviceman shall have been terminated before his
    death, then to such representative as the President designates. In
    the event of a posthumous award when the award will be made to the
    parents of the deceased and the parents have been divorced or
    separated, a duplicate award may be made to each parent.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section sets forth the conditions under which posthumous
    awards can be made. It is substantially the same as conditions for
    the Navy, but has the added provision for duplicate awards in case
    the parents are divorced or separated (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946
    ed., Sec. 363). 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 499                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 499. Delegation of powers to make awards; rules and
      regulations

-STATUTE-
      The President may delegate to the Secretary, under such
    conditions, regulations, and limitations as he prescribes, the
    powers conferred upon him to make the awards designated in this
    chapter, and the President may make any and all rules, regulations,
    and orders which he deems necessary in the conferring of such
    awards.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section provides for the delegation of powers to make awards
    to the Secretary. The Navy statute provides for such delegation to
    force commanders (see title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 364). 81st
    Congress, House Report No. 557.

-End-



-CITE-
    14 USC Sec. 500                                             01/03/2007

-EXPCITE-
    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 500. Life-saving medals

-STATUTE-
      (a) The Secretary may, under regulations prescribed by him, award
    a Life-saving medal of gold or silver to any person, including
    personnel of the Coast Guard, who rescues or endeavors to rescue
    any other person from drowning, shipwreck, or other peril of the
    water in accordance with the following provisions:
        (1) if such rescue or attempted rescue is made at the risk of
      one's own life and evidences extreme and heroic daring, the medal
      shall be of gold;
        (2) if such rescue or attempted rescue is not sufficiently
      distinguished to deserve the medal of gold, but evidences the
      exercise of such signal exertion as to merit recognition, the
      medal shall be of silver.

      (b) In order for a person to be eligible for the Life-saving
    Medals the rescue or attempted rescue must take place in waters
    within the United States or subject to the jurisdiction thereof, or
    if the rescue or attempted rescue takes place outside such waters,
    one or the other of the parties must be a citizen of the United
    States or from a vessel or aircraft owned or operated by citizens
    of the United States.
      (c) No person shall receive more than one gold medal and one
    silver medal; but any person who has received or may hereafter
    receive a gold or silver medal and who again performs an act which
    would entitle him to receive another medal of the same class may be
    awarded, in lieu of a second medal of the same class, a gold or
    silver bar, as the case may be, to be worn with the medal already
    bestowed, and for every such additional act, an additional bar may
    be awarded. Medals and bars in lieu thereof, authorized by this
    subsection, may be awarded posthumously.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 536; Pub. L. 94-546, Sec. 1(31),
    Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 193, 194, 195, 196
    (June 20, 1874, ch. 344, Sec. 7, 18 Stat. 127; June 18, 1878, ch.
    265, Sec. 12, 20 Stat. 165; May 4, 1882, ch. 117, Sec. 9, 22 Stat.
    57; Jan. 21, 1897, ch. 83, 29 Stat. 494).
      Said sections have been rewritten so as to make the awarding of
    Life-saving medals turn on whether or not the United States has an
    interest in the heroic act, rather than on technical jurisdictional
    grounds. Under existing law the award of a medal could be made in
    any case in which the rescuer or the rescued was a citizen of the
    United States, or was from a vessel owned or operated by the United
    States regardless of where the rescue took place; and if the rescue
    took place within waters of the United States the award could be
    made to an alien.
      The existing law relating to the Treasury Department Life-Saving
    Medal contained in title 14, U.S.C., 1946, ed., Secs. 192-196, has
    long needed revision. The existing law is composed of a series of
    statutes enacted separately between 1874 and 1897, and the result
    has not been entirely unsatisfactory. The original statute, enacted
    in 1874 (title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 193), provided for Life-
    saving medals of the first and second class to be bestowed "upon
    any persons who shall hereafter endanger their own lives in saving,
    or endeavoring to save lives from the perils of the sea, within the
    United States, or upon any American vessel". The medal of the first
    class was confined to cases of "extreme and heroic daring" and the
    medal of the second class was to be awarded "in cases not
    sufficiently distinguished to deserve the medal of the first class"
    Then in 1878 another act was passed (title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
    Sec. 194) authorizing the bestowal of the medal of the second class
    "upon persons making such signal exertions in rescuing and
    succoring the shipwrecked, and saving persons from drowning" as, in
    the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, merited recognition.
    These two sections were construed by the Attorney General to be
    limited to the rescue of persons who were subjected to the perils
    of the sea in any waters of the United States in the vicinity of
    any lifeboat station, life-saving station, or house of refuge. And
    the person upon whom the medal could be bestowed was limited to
    members of life-saving crews. (1895) Op. Att. Gen. 124. Thereupon,
    in 1897, an act was passed which provided that the two earlier acts
    should "be construed so as to empower the Secretary of the Treasury
    to bestow such medals upon persons making signal exertions in
    rescuing and succoring the shipwrecked and saving persons from
    drowning in waters over which the United States has jurisdiction,
    whether the said persons making such exertions were or were not
    members of the Life-Saving Service or whether or not such exertions
    were made in the vicinity of a life-saving station". (Title 14,
    U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 196.) This act was designed to give a more
    liberal application to the two earlier acts, and all three were to
    be read as one. (1900) 23 Op. Atty. Gen. 78. However, difficult
    questions of interpretation have arisen because of the different
    jurisdictional language in the three acts. For example, title 14,
    U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 193, refers to rescues "within the United
    States", while title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 196, refers to
    rescues "in the waters over which the United States has
    jurisdiction". The need for clarification is obvious. Subsection
    (a) authorizes the awarding of the medal to any person, including
    Coast Guard personnel, who rescues or endeavors to rescue any
    person from drowning, shipwreck, or peril of the water. If the
    rescue or attempted rescue is at the risk of one's own life and
    evidences extreme and heroic daring, the medal shall be of gold,
    and if the rescue or attempted rescue is not sufficiently
    distinguished to deserve the gold medal, but evidences the exertion
    of such signal exertion as to merit recognition, the medal shall be
    of silver. Thus, the acts for which the medals are to be awarded
    are defined simply and without any geographical or jurisdictional
    limitations. The difficulty with the existing law is the attempt to
    define the required deed together with those limitations.
    Subsection (a) does not change existing law insofar as the type of
    act necessary for the medals is concerned; it merely simplifies and
    clarifies existing law.
      Subsection (b) contains the jurisdictional limitations on the
    awarding of the medal and broadens, to a considerable extent, the
    provisions of existing law. It is the intent of this subsection to
    authorize the awarding of a medal in all cases where the United
    States has a legitimate interest in recognizing meritorious acts,
    such as where a United States citizen performs the act, or where a
    United States citizen is rescued, or where United States waters or
    United States vessels or aircraft are involved. Accordingly,
    rescues by United States citizens anywhere in the world will be
    recognized. Any person, including persons not citizens of the
    United States, may receive medals if the rescue or attempted rescue
    takes place in waters within the United States or subject to its
    jurisdiction or, in cases of rescues outside such waters, if either
    the rescuer or the person rescued is from a United States vessel or
    aircraft, or the person rescued is a United States citizen. Thus,
    every case in which the United States government has an interest is
    provided for. A United States citizen who performs a heroic act
    sufficient to justify a medal in state waters, or in foreign
    waters, could not receive one under existing law, but could receive
    such award under this proposed revision. The awarding of medals
    should not turn on technical jurisdictional grounds; it should turn
    rather on the interest of the United States to recognize noble and
    heroic acts.
      Subsection (c) dealing with the awarding of bars for additional
    acts, clarifies, but does not change title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
    Sec. 195, except that authority is granted to award medals
    posthumously. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1976 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-546 substituted "Secretary" for
    "Secretary of the Treasury".

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    14 USC Sec. 501                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 501. Replacement of medals

-STATUTE-
      In those cases where a medal, or a bar, emblem, or insignia in
    lieu thereof, awarded pursuant to this chapter has been stolen,
    lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without fault or neglect
    on the part of the person to whom it was awarded, such medal, or
    bar, emblem, or insignia in lieu thereof, shall be replaced without
    charge, or, in the discretion of the Secretary, upon condition that
    the Government is reimbursed for the cost thereof.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537; Pub. L. 107-107, div. A,
    title V, Sec. 553(d)(2), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1117.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section provides for the replacement of medals. It follows
    the established practice of the other armed forces, but makes an
    additional provision that the Secretary in his discretion may
    charge for the replacement medals in some circumstances. (See title
    10, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 1416 and title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
    Sec. 359.) 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2001 - Pub. L. 107-107 inserted "stolen," before "lost,".

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    14 USC Sec. 502                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 502. Award of other medals

-STATUTE-
      Coast Guard personnel, notwithstanding the provisions of this
    chapter, may be awarded medals, bars, emblems, or insignia to which
    such personnel may be entitled under other provisions of law.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      This section insures that the preceding sections are not intended
    to prevent Coast Guard military personnel from receiving other
    medals, the legion of merit, for example. 81st Congress, House
    Report No. 557.

                         MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL                     
      Medal established as an award for outstanding meritorious
    achievement or service to the United States, see Ex. Ord. No.
    11448, Jan. 16, 1969, 34 F.R. 915, as amended, set out as a note
    preceding section 1121 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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    14 USC Sec. 503                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 503. Awards and insignia for excellence in service or conduct

-STATUTE-
      The Coast Guard may award trophies, badges, and cash prizes to
    Coast Guard personnel or groups thereof, including personnel of the
    reserve components thereof whether or not on active duty, for
    excellence in accomplishments related to Coast Guard service, to
    incur such expenses as may be necessary to enter such personnel in
    competitions, and to provide badges or buttons in recognition of
    special service, good conduct, and discharge under conditions other
    than dishonorable.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Based on the following language contained in the Coast Guard
    appropriation act for 1949, "Pay and Allowances" and preceding
    years: "not exceeding $10,000 for cash prizes for men for
    excellence in boatmanship, gunnery, target practice, and
    engineering competitions" (June 19, 1948, ch. 558, 62 Stat. 561).
      This section expands the language contained in the appropriation
    act to include the awarding of trophies and badges, and to include
    in the accomplishments for which such awards may be made,
    excellence in any field related to Coast Guard duty. 81st Congress,
    House Report No. 557.

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    14 USC Sec. 504                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 504. Medal of honor: duplicate medal

-STATUTE-
      A person awarded a medal of honor shall, upon written application
    of that person, be issued, without charge, one duplicate medal of
    honor with ribbons and appurtenances. Such duplicate medal of honor
    shall be marked, in such manner as the Secretary may determine, as
    a duplicate or for display purposes only.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 107-107, div. A, title V, Sec. 553(d)(1)(A), Dec.
    28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1116.)


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      A prior section 504, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537,
    related to disposition of the remains of deceased Coast Guard
    personnel, prior to repeal by act July 15, 1954, ch. 507, Sec.
    14(c)(5), 68 Stat. 481. For provisions relating to recovery, care,
    and disposition of the remains of deceased personnel of the
    uniformed services and deceased civilian personnel, see section
    1481 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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    14 USC Sec. 505                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 505. Medal of honor: presentation of Medal of Honor Flag

-STATUTE-
      The President shall provide for the presentation of the Medal of
    Honor Flag designated under section 903 of title 36 to each person
    to whom a medal of honor is awarded under section 491 of this
    title. Presentation of the flag shall be made at the same time as
    the presentation of the medal under section 491 or 498 of this
    title. In the case of a posthumous presentation of the medal, the
    flag shall be presented to the person to whom the medal is
    presented.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 107-248, title VIII, Sec. 8143(c)(4)(A), Oct. 23,
    2002, 116 Stat. 1571; amended Pub. L. 107-314, div. A, title X,
    Sec. 1062(b)(1), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2650; Pub. L. 109-364,
    div. A, title V, Sec. 555(a), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2217.)


-MISC1-
                             PRIOR PROVISIONS                         
      A prior section 505, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537,
    related to escorts to the place of burial for the bodies of
    deceased Coast Guard personnel, prior to repeal by act July 15,
    1954, ch. 507, Sec. 14(c)(5), 68 Stat. 481. For provisions relating
    to recovery, care, and disposition of the remains of deceased
    personnel of the uniformed services and deceased civilian
    personnel, see section 1481 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2006 - Pub. L. 109-364 struck out "after October 23, 2002" after
    "section 491 of this title" and inserted at end "In the case of a
    posthumous presentation of the medal, the flag shall be presented
    to the person to whom the medal is presented."
      2002 - Pub. L. 107-314 substituted "October 23, 2002" for "the
    date of the enactment of this section".

        PRESENTATION OF FLAG FOR PRIOR RECIPIENTS OF MEDAL OF HONOR    
      President to provide for the presentation of the Medal of Honor
    Flag to living recipients of the Medal of Honor as expeditiously as
    possible after Oct. 17, 2006, and for posthumous presentation to
    survivors of deceased recipients of the Medal of Honor upon written
    application therefor, see section 555(b) of Pub. L. 109-364, set
    out as a note under section 3755 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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    14 USC Sec. 506                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 506. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Sec. 506. Repealed. July 15, 1954, ch. 507, Sec. 14(c)(5), 68
      Stat. 481].
      Section, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 537, related to the
    issue of the national flag to be used for draping the coffin of any
    deceased member of the Coast Guard. For provisions relating to
    recovery, care, and disposition of the remains of deceased
    personnel of the uniformed services and deceased civilian
    personnel, see section 1481 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

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    14 USC Sec. 507                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 507. Disposition of effects of decedents

-STATUTE-
      All moneys, articles of value, papers, keepsakes, and other
    similar effects belonging to the deceased persons in the Coast
    Guard, not claimed by their legal heirs or next of kin, shall be
    deposited in safe custody, and if any such moneys, articles of
    value, papers, keepsakes, or other similar effects so deposited
    have been, or shall hereafter be, unclaimed for a period of two
    years from the date of the death of such person, such articles and
    effects shall be sold and the proceeds thereof, together with the
    moneys above mentioned, shall be deposited in the Treasury as
    miscellaneous receipts. The Secretary shall make diligent inquiry
    in every instance after the death of such person to ascertain the
    whereabouts of his heirs or next of kin, and prescribe necessary
    regulations to carry out the foregoing provisions. Claims may be
    presented hereunder at any time within five years after such moneys
    or proceeds have been so deposited in the Treasury, and, when
    supported by competent proof in any case after such deposit in the
    Treasury, shall be certified to Congress for consideration.

-SOURCE-
    (Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 538.)


-MISC1-
                       HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES                   
      Derived from title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 942 (Mar. 29, 1918,
    ch. 31, 40 Stat. 499).
      Said section provided for the disposition of effects of deceased
    naval personnel. It is believed similar provisions should be made
    for Coast Guard personnel.
      Said section would in no way be affected. 81st Congress, House
    Report No. 557.

-End-



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    14 USC Sec. 508                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 508. Deserters; payment of expenses incident to apprehension
      and delivery; penalties

-STATUTE-
      (a) The Coast Guard may, pursuant to regulations prescribed by
    the Secretary, make such expenditures as are deemed necessary for
    the apprehension and delivery of deserters, stragglers, and
    prisoners.
      (b) No person who is convicted by court martial for desertion
    from the Coast Guard in time of war, and as the result of such
    conviction is dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the Coast
    Guard shall afterwards be enlisted, appointed, or commissioned in
    any military or naval service under the United States, unless the
    disability resulting from desertion, as established by this section
    is removed by a board of commissioned officers of the Coast Guard
    convened for consideration of the case, and the action of the Board
    is approved by the Secretary; or unless he is restored to duty in
    time of war.

-SOURCE-
    (Added May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 16(a), 64 Stat. 148; amended July
    10, 1952, ch. 631, Sec. 2, 66 Stat. 540.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1952 - Subsec. (a). Act July 10, 1952, authorized reimbursement
    of necessary expenses to persons other than civil officers, and
    added stragglers and prisoners to class of offenders.

                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section effective May 31, 1951, see section 5 of act May 5, 1950.

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    14 USC Sec. 509                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 509. Persons discharged as result of court-martial; allowances
      to

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary may furnish persons discharged pursuant to the
    sentence of a Coast Guard court-martial suitable civilian clothing
    and a monetary allowance not to exceed $25 if the person discharged
    would not otherwise have suitable clothing or funds to meet
    immediate needs.

-SOURCE-
    (Added May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 16(a), 64 Stat. 148; amended Pub.
    L. 90-377, Sec. 8, July 5, 1968, 82 Stat. 288.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1968 - Pub. L. 90-377 substituted "Persons discharged as result
    of court-martial; allowances to" for "Prisoners; allowances to;
    transportation" in section catchline, and struck out provision that
    persons confined in prisons in pursuance of the sentence of a Coast
    Guard court shall during such confinement, be allowed a reasonable
    sum, not to exceed $3 per month, for necessary prison expenses and
    the provision that the Commandant of the Coast Guard may transport
    to their homes or places of enlistment, as he may designate, all
    discharged prisoners, the expense of such transportation to be paid
    out of any money to the credit of prisoners when discharged.

                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section effective May 31, 1951, see section 5 of act May 5, 1950.

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    14 USC Sec. 510                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 510. Shore patrol duty; payment of expenses

-STATUTE-
      An officer or cadet of the Coast Guard who is assigned shore
    patrol duty away from his vessel or other duty station may be paid
    his actual expenses.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, Sec. 14(a), 70A Stat. 624.)

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    14 USC Sec. 511                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 511. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at
      isolated duty stations

-STATUTE-
      The Secretary may grant compensatory absence from duty to
    military personnel of the Coast Guard serving at isolated duty
    stations of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty result in
    confinement because of isolation or in long periods of continuous
    duty.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 650, Sec. 4, 69 Stat. 577; amended Pub. L.
    94-546, Sec. 1(32), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521; Pub. L. 107-295,
    title III, Sec. 312(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2102.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2002 - Pub. L. 107-295 substituted "Compensatory absence from
    duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations" for
    "Compensatory absence of military personnel at isolated aids to
    navigation" in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior
    to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary, under
    regulations prescribed by him, may grant compensatory absence from
    duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving in lightships
    and at lighthouses and other isolated aids to navigation of the
    Coast Guard when conditions of duty result in confinement because
    of isolations or in long periods of continuous duty."
      1976 - Pub. L. 94-546 substituted "Secretary" for "head of the
    department in which the Coast Guard is operating".

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    14 USC Sec. 512                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 512. Monetary allowance for transportation of household
      effects

-STATUTE-
      The transportation and reimbursement authorized by subsection (b)
    of section 406 of title 37 shall be available hereafter to pay a
    monetary allowance in place of such transportation to a member who,
    under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, participates in a
    program designated by the Secretary in which his baggage and
    household effects are moved by a privately owned or rental vehicle.
    This allowance shall not be limited to reimbursement for actual
    expenses and may be paid in advance of the transportation of the
    baggage and household effects. The allowance shall, however, be in
    an amount that will result in savings to the Government when the
    total cost of the movement of baggage and household effects is
    compared with the cost that otherwise would have been incurred
    under subsection (b) of section 406 of title 37.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 96-376, Sec. 7(a), Oct. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 1510;
    amended Pub. L. 97-295, Sec. 2(16), Oct. 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 1302.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1982 - Pub. L. 97-295 struck out ", United States Code," after
    "title 37" first time appearing, and ", United States Code" after
    "title 37" second time appearing.

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    14 USC Sec. 513                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 513. Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by
      administrative error or oversight

-STATUTE-
      Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Coast Guard
    may authorize retroactive payment of pay and allowances, including
    selective reenlistment bonuses, to enlisted members if entitlement
    to the pay and allowances was delayed in vesting solely because of
    an administrative error or oversight.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 100-448, Sec. 13(a), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat.
    1844.)

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    14 USC Sec. 514                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 514. Reimbursement for adoption expenses

-STATUTE-
      (a) Authorization To Reimburse. - The Secretary shall carry out a
    program under which a member of the Coast Guard may be reimbursed,
    as provided in this section, for qualifying adoption expenses
    incurred by the member in the adoption of a child under 18 years of
    age.
      (b) Adoptions Covered. - An adoption for which expenses may be
    reimbursed under this section includes an adoption by a single
    person, an infant adoption, an intercountry adoption, and an
    adoption of a child with special needs (as defined in section
    473(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673(c))).
      (c) Benefits Paid After Adoption Is Final. - Benefits paid under
    this section in the case of an adoption may be paid only after the
    adoption is final.
      (d) Treatment of Other Benefits. - A benefit may not be paid
    under this section for any expense paid to or for a member of the
    Coast Guard under any other adoption benefits program administered
    by the Federal Government or under any such program administered by
    a State or local government.
      (e) Limitations. - (1) Not more than $2,000 may be paid under
    this section to a member of the Coast Guard, or to two such members
    who are spouses of each other, for expenses incurred in the
    adoption of a child.
      (2) Not more than $5,000 may be paid under this section to a
    member of the Coast Guard, or to two such members who are spouses
    of each other, for adoptions by such member (or members) in any
    calendar year.
      (f) Regulations. - The Secretary shall prescribe regulations to
    carry out this section.
      (g) Definitions. - In this section:
        (1) The term "qualifying adoption expenses" means reasonable
      and necessary expenses that are directly related to the legal
      adoption of a child under 18 years of age, but only if such
      adoption is arranged by a qualified adoption agency. Such term
      does not include any expense incurred - 
          (A) by an adopting parent for travel; or
          (B) in connection with an adoption arranged in violation of
        Federal, State, or local law.

        (2) The term "reasonable and necessary expenses" includes - 
          (A) public and private agency fees, including adoption fees
        charged by an agency in a foreign country;
          (B) placement fees, including fees charged adoptive parents
        for counseling;
          (C) legal fees (including court costs) in connection with
        services that are unavailable to a member of the Coast Guard
        under section 1044 or 1044a of title 10; and
          (D) medical expenses, including hospital expenses of the
        biological mother of the child to be adopted and of a newborn
        infant to be adopted.

        (3) The term "qualified adoption agency" means any of the
      following:
          (A) A State or local government agency which has
        responsibility under State or local law for child placement
        through adoption.
          (B) A nonprofit, voluntary adoption agency which is
        authorized by State or local law to place children for
        adoption.
          (C) Any other source authorized by a State to provide
        adoption placement if the adoption is supervised by a court
        under State or local law.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 102-190, div. A, title VI, Sec. 651(b)(1), Dec. 5,
    1991, 105 Stat. 1386; amended Pub. L. 102-484, div. A, title X,
    Sec. 1054(g), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2503; Pub. L. 104-201, div.
    A, title VI, Sec. 652(b), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2582.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 652(b)(1),
    substituted "qualified adoption agency." for "State or local
    government agency which has responsibility under State or local law
    for child placement through adoption or by a nonprofit, voluntary
    adoption agency which is authorized by State or local law to place
    children for adoption."
      Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 652(b)(2), added par. (3).
      1992 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102-484 inserted a close parenthesis
    before period at end.

                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section effective Dec. 5, 1991, and applicable to adoptions
    completed on or after that date, see section 651(c) of Pub. L. 102-
    190, set out as a note under section 1052 of Title 10, Armed
    Forces.

     REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADOPTIONS COMPLETED DURING INTERIM BETWEEN TEST
                           AND PERMANENT PROGRAM
      For provisions relating to reimbursement for adoption expenses
    and time period for application, see section 652 of Pub. L. 102-
    484, set out as a note under section 1052 of Title 10, Armed
    Forces.

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    14 USC Sec. 515                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 515. Child development services

-STATUTE-
      (a) The Commandant may make child development services available
    for members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard, and
    thereafter as space is available for members of the Armed Forces
    and Federal civilian employees. Child development service benefits
    provided under the authority of this section shall be in addition
    to benefits provided under other laws.
      (b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Commandant may
    require that amounts received as fees for the provision of services
    under this section at Coast Guard child development centers be used
    only for compensation of employees at those centers who are
    directly involved in providing child care.
      (2) If the Commandant determines that compliance with the
    limitation in paragraph (1) would result in an uneconomical and
    inefficient use of such fee receipts, the Commandant may (to the
    extent that such compliance would be uneconomical and inefficient)
    use such receipts - 
        (A) for the purchase of consumable or disposable items for
      Coast Guard child development centers; and
        (B) if the requirements of such centers for consumable or
      disposable items for a given fiscal year have been met, for other
      expenses of those centers.

      (c) The Commandant shall provide for regular and unannounced
    inspections of each child development center under this section and
    may use Department of Defense or other training programs to ensure
    that all child development center employees under this section meet
    minimum standards of training with respect to early childhood
    development, activities and disciplinary techniques appropriate to
    children of different ages, child abuse prevention and detection,
    and appropriate emergency medical procedures.
      (d) Of the amounts available to the Coast Guard each fiscal year
    for operating expenses (and in addition to amounts received as
    fees), the Secretary may use for child development services under
    this section an amount not to exceed the total amount the
    Commandant estimates will be received by the Coast Guard in the
    fiscal year as fees for the provision of those services.
      (e) The Commandant may use appropriated funds available to the
    Coast Guard to provide assistance to family home day care providers
    so that family home day care services can be provided to uniformed
    service members and civilian employees of the Coast Guard at a cost
    comparable to the cost of services provided by Coast Guard child
    development centers.
      (f) The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement this
    section. The regulations shall establish fees to be charged for
    child development services provided under this section which take
    into consideration total family income.
      (g) For purposes of this section, the term "child development
    center" does not include a child care services facility for which
    space is allotted under section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987
    (40 U.S.C. 490b).

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 104-324, title II, Sec. 201(a), Oct. 19, 1996, 110
    Stat. 3906.)

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                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Section 616 of the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b),
    referred to in subsec. (g), is section 101(m) [title VI, Sec. 616]
    of Pub. L. 100-202, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-390, 1329-423, as
    amended, which was classified to section 490b of former Title 40,
    Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and was repealed and
    reenacted as section 590(a)-(d) and (f) of Title 40, Public
    Buildings, Property, and Works, by Pub. L. 107-217, Secs. 1, 6(b),
    Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304.


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         USE OF COAST GUARD AND MILITARY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERS     
      Pub. L. 108-293, title II, Sec. 225, Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat.
    1040, provided that: "The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
    the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, when
    operating other than as a service in the Navy, may agree to provide
    child care services to members of the armed forces, with
    reimbursement, in Coast Guard and military child development
    centers supported in whole or in part with appropriated funds. For
    purposes of military child development centers operated under the
    authority of subchapter II of chapter 88 of title 10, United States
    Code, the child of a member of the Coast Guard shall be considered
    the same as the child of a member of any of the other armed
    forces."

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    14 USC Sec. 516                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 516. Presentation of United States flag upon retirement

-STATUTE-
      (a) Presentation of Flag. - Upon the release of a member of the
    Coast Guard from active duty for retirement, the Secretary of
    Homeland Security shall present a United States flag to the member.
      (b) Multiple Presentations Not Authorized. - A member is not
    eligible for a presentation of a flag under subsection (a) if the
    member has previously been presented a flag under this section or
    any other provision of law providing for the presentation of a
    United States flag incident to release from active service for
    retirement.
      (c) No Cost to Recipient. - The presentation of a flag under this
    section shall be at no cost to the recipient.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 105-261, div. A, title VI, Sec. 644(d)(1), Oct. 17,
    1998, 112 Stat. 2049; amended Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title VI,
    Sec. 652(e), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 666; Pub. L. 107-296, title
    XVII, Sec. 1704(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2314; Pub. L. 107-314,
    div. A, title X, Sec. 1062(b)(2), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2650.)


-MISC1-
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2002 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107-296 substituted "of Homeland
    Security" for "of Transportation".
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-314 substituted "this section" for "his
    section".
      1999 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted "under this
    section or any other provision of law providing for the
    presentation of a United States flag incident to release from
    active service for retirement." for "under this section or section
    3681, 6141, and 8681 of title 10."

                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2002 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 107-296 effective on the date of transfer of
    the Coast Guard to the Department of Homeland Security, see section
    1704(g) of Pub. L. 107-296, set out as a note under section 101 of
    Title 10, Armed Forces.

                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      Section applicable with respect to releases from active duty
    described in this section and sections 3681, 6141, and 8641 of
    Title 10, Armed Forces, on or after Oct. 1, 1998, see section
    644(e) of Pub. L. 105-261, set out as a note under section 3681 of
    Title 10.

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    14 USC Sec. 517                                             01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    CHAPTER 13 - PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS

-HEAD-
    Sec. 517. Travel card management

-STATUTE-
      (a) In General. - The Secretary may require that travel or
    transportation allowances due a civilian employee or military
    member of the Coast Guard be disbursed directly to the issuer of a
    Federal contractor-issued travel charge card, but only in an amount
    not to exceed the authorized travel expenses charged by that Coast
    Guard member to that travel charge card issued to that employee or
    member.
      (b) Withholding of Nondisputed Obligations. - The Secretary may
    also establish requirements similar to those established by the
    Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 2784a of title 10 for
    deduction or withholding of pay or retired pay from a Coast Guard
    employee, member, or retired member who is delinquent in payment
    under the terms of the contract under which the card was issued and
    does not dispute the amount of the delinquency.

-SOURCE-
    (Added Pub. L. 108-293, title II, Sec. 210(a), Aug. 9, 2004, 118
    Stat. 1036.)

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    14 USC [CHAPTER 15 - REPEALED]                              01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    [CHAPTER 15 - REPEALED]

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                          [CHAPTER 15 - REPEALED]                      

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    14 USC Secs. 561 to 576                                     01/03/2007

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    TITLE 14 - COAST GUARD
    PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
    [CHAPTER 15 - REPEALED]

-HEAD-
    Secs. 561 to 576. Repealed.

-MISC1-
    [Secs. 561 to 576. Repealed. May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 14(v), 64
      Stat. 148].
      Sections, act Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 538-544, related to
    discipline in the Coast Guard. See section 801 et seq. of Title 10,
    Armed Forces.
      Sections 562 to 564 were amended by act Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536,
    Secs. 27 to 29, respectively, 64 Stat. 407.

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