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[CITE: 14USC215]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
                          CHAPTER 11--PERSONNEL
 
                                OFFICERS
 
                             a. appointments
 
Sec. 215. Rank of warrant officers

    (a) Among warrant officer grades, warrant officers of a higher 
numerical designation are senior to warrant officer grades of a lower 
numerical designation.
    (b) Warrant officers shall take precedence in the grade to which 
appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as 
commissioned officers in the Coast Guard in such grade. Precedence among 
warrant officers of the same grade who have the same date of commission 
shall be determined by regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title V, Sec. 541(e)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 2766.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective on the first day of the fourth month beginning 
after Oct. 5, 1994, see section 541(h) of Pub. L. 103-337, set out as an 
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under section 571 of Title 10, 
Armed Forces.
