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[CITE: 14USC712]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
               PART II--COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
 
                     CHAPTER 21--COAST GUARD RESERVE
 
                              SUBCHAPTER A
 
                                 general
 
Sec. 712. Active duty for emergency augmentation of regular 
        forces
        
    (a) Notwithstanding another law, and for the emergency augmentation 
of the Regular Coast Guard forces during a serious natural or manmade 
disaster, accident, or catastrophe, the Secretary may, without the 
consent of the member affected, order to active duty of not more than 
thirty days in any four-month period and not more than sixty days in any 
two-year period an organized training unit of the Coast Guard Ready 
Reserve, a member thereof, or a member not assigned to a unit organized 
to serve as a unit.
    (b) Under the circumstances of the domestic emergency involved, a 
reasonable time shall be allowed between the date when a Reserve member 
ordered to active duty under this section is alerted for that duty and 
the date when the member is required to enter upon that duty. Unless the 
Secretary determines that the nature of the domestic emergency does not 
allow it, this period shall be at least two days.
    (c) Active duty served under this section--
        (1) satisfies on a day-for-day basis all or a part of the annual 
    active duty for training requirement of section 10147 of title 10;
        (2) does not satisfy any part of the active duty obligation of a 
    member whose statutory Reserve obligation is not already terminated; 
    and
        (3) entitles a member while engaged therein, or while engaged in 
    authorized travel to or from that duty, to all rights and benefits, 
    including pay and allowances and time creditable for pay and 
    retirement purposes, to which the member would be entitled while 
    performing other active duty.

    (d) Reserve members ordered to active duty under this section shall 
not be counted in computing authorized strength of members on active 
duty or members in grade under this title or under any other law.

(Added Pub. L. 96-322, Sec. 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1006; amended Pub. 
L. 102-241, Sec. 13, Dec. 19, 1991, 105 Stat. 2213; Pub. L. 103-337, 
div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1677(b)(3), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3020; Pub. 
L. 104-324, title II, Sec. 204, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3907.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 764 of this title prior to the complete revision of this chapter 
by Pub. L. 96-322.


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-324 added subsec. (d).
    1994--Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103-337 substituted ``section 10147 of 
title 10'' for ``section 270 of title 10''.
    1991--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102-241 amended subsec. (a) generally. 
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``Notwithstanding any 
other law, and for the emergency augmentation of the Regular Coast Guard 
forces during a time of serious natural or manmade disaster, accident, 
or catastrophe the Secretary may, subject to approval by the President 
and without the consent of the member affected, order to active duty of 
not more than fourteen days in any four-month period and not more than 
thirty days in any one-year period from the Coast Guard Ready Reserve an 
organized training unit, a member thereof, or a member not assigned to a 
unit organized to serve as a unit.''


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-337 effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as 
otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103-337, set out as an 
Effective Date note under section 10001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 38 section 4312.
