A bill to provide for the enlistment and commissioning of women in the Coast Guard Reserve, and for other purposes.
PL 93-174 (H.R.9575), enacted 12/05/1973

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PUBLIC LAW 93-174-DEC. 5, 1973 
[87 
STAT. 
December 5, 1973 
[H. R. 9575] 
Public Law 93-174 
AN ACT 
To provide for the enlistment and commissioning of women in the Coast Guard 
Reserve, and for other purposes. 
Coast Guard Re-
serve. 
Women, enlist-
ment and commis-
sion. 
77 Stat. 174; 
84 Stat. 304. 
77 Stat. 174; 
86 Stat. 755. 
Benefits. 
79 Stat. 834. 
Repeal. 
63 Stat. 554; 
70A Stat. 626. 
80 Stat. 197. 
Repeal. 
84 Stat. 839. 
Repeals. 
72 Stat. 1522; 
84 Stat. 841. 
Repeal. 
84 Stat. 842. 
14 u s e 796. 
Be it enacted 'by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assernbled^ That chapter 3 of 
title 14, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Subsection (a) of section 41a is amended— 
(a) by striking the comma in the second sentence following the 
words "Retired officers" and inserting in lieu thereof the word 
"and"; 
(b) by striking from the second sentence the following phrase 
", and officers of the Women's Reserve". 
(2) Subsection (e) of section 42 is amended— 
(a) by striking the comma in the second sentence following the 
words "Coast Guard Academy" and inserting in lieu thereof the 
word"and"; 
(b) by striking from the second sentence the phrase ", and of the 
Women's Reserve". 
SEC. 2. Chapter 21 of title 14, United States Code, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) Subsection (e) of section 755 is amended by striking in the first 
sentence the words "of the Treasury to be exercised Avith respect to the 
Coast Guard when the Coast Guard is operating under the Treasury 
Department."; and inserting in lieu thereof the words "of Transpor-
tation to be exercised wdth respect to the Coast Guard when the Coast 
Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy.". 
(2) Section 762 is repealed. 
(3) Subsection (a) of section 771 is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) This subchapter applies only to the Coast Guard Reserve.". 
(4) Subsection (f) of section 775 is repealed. 
(5) Subsection (c) of section 780 is amended as follows: 
(a) in the first sentence by striking the word "high" and insert-
ing in lieu thereof the word "higher". 
(b) in clause (1), by striking the word "male", and by adding 
the word "and" follow^ing the semicolon. 
(c) in clause (2), by striking the word "male", and by changing 
the semicolon to a period. 
(d) by repealing clauses (3) and (4). 
(6) Subsection (i) of section 780 is repealed. 
(7) Subsection (a) of section 787 is amended by striking at the begin-
ning thereof the words "Officers of the Women's Reserve in the grades 
of lieutenant (junior grade) and lieutenant failing of selection for 
promotion to the next higher grade, and all other". 
(8) Subsection (c) of section 796 is repealed. 
SEC. 3. Effective upon enactment of this Act, all members of the 
women's branch of the Coast Guard Reserve who were serving on active 
or inactive duty on the day before enactment shall become members 
of the Coast Guard Reserve without loss of grade, rate, date of rank, 
or other benefits earned by their prior service. 
Approved December 5, 1973.