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[CITE: 14USC702]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
               PART II--COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
 
                     CHAPTER 21--COAST GUARD RESERVE
 
                              SUBCHAPTER A
 
                                 general
 
Sec. 702. Authorized strength

    (a) The President shall prescribe the authorized strength of the 
Coast Guard Reserve if not otherwise prescribed by law.
    (b) Subject to the authorized strength of the Coast Guard Reserve, 
the Secretary shall determine, at least annually, the authorized 
strength in numbers in each grade necessary to provide for mobilization 
requirements. Without the consent of the member concerned, a member of 
the reserve may not be reduced in grade because of the Secretary's 
determination.

(Added Pub. L. 96-322, Sec. 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1003.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 752a of this title prior to the complete revision of this 
chapter by Pub. L. 96-322.


          Coast Guard Reserve Components Transition Initiatives

    Pub. L. 103-160, title V, Sec. 564(a), (b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 
1669, 1670, provided that:
    ``(a) Applicability of Certain Benefits.--The Secretary of 
Transportation shall prescribe such regulations as necessary so as to 
apply to the members of the Coast Guard Reserve the provisions of 
subtitle B of title XLIV of the Defense Conversion, Reinvestment, and 
Transition Assistance Act of 1992 (division D of Public Law 102-484; 106 
Stat. 2712) [enacting section 1331a [now 12731a] of Title 10, Armed 
Forces, amending sections 1174a, 1175, and 2133 of Title 10 and section 
3012 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, and enacting provisions set out as 
a note under section 12681 of Title 10], including the amendments made 
by those provisions. For purposes of the application of any of such 
provisions to the Coast Guard Reserve, any reference in those provisions 
to the Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department shall 
be treated as referring to the Secretary of Transportation.
    ``(b) Regulations.--Regulations prescribed for the purposes of this 
section shall to the extent practicable be identical to the regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary of Defense under those provisions.''
