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[CITE: 14USC50]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
                       PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
 
                 CHAPTER 3--COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 50. Area commanders

    (a) The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, a Commander, Atlantic Area, and a Commander, Pacific Area, 
each of whom shall be an intermediate commander between the Commandant 
and the district commanders in his respective area and shall perform 
such duties as the Commandant may prescribe. The area commanders shall 
be appointed from officers on the active duty promotion list serving 
above the grade of captain. The Commandant shall make recommendations 
for such appointments.
    (b) An area commander shall, while so serving, have the grade of 
vice admiral with pay and allowances of that grade. The appointment and 
grade of an area commander shall be effective on the date the officer 
assumes that duty, and shall terminate on the date the officer is 
detached from that duty, except as provided in subsection \1\ 51(d) of 
this title.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``section''.
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(Added Pub. L. 92-451, Sec. 1(5), Oct. 2, 1972, 86 Stat. 755; amended 
Pub. L. 103-206, title II, Sec. 204(c), Dec. 20, 1993, 107 Stat. 2421.)


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-206 substituted ``The appointment and 
grade of an area commander shall be effective on the date the officer 
assumes that duty, and shall terminate on the date the officer is 
detached from that duty, except as provided in subsection 51(d) of this 
title.'' for ``The appointment of an area commander is effective on the 
date the officer assumes that duty, and terminates on the date he is 
detached from that duty.''


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 2, 1972, except that continuation boards may 
not be held until one year thereafter, see section 3 of Pub. L. 92-451, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1972 Amendment note under section 290 of 
this title.
