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[CITE: 14USC724]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
               PART II--COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
 
                     CHAPTER 21--COAST GUARD RESERVE
 
                              SUBCHAPTER B
 
                          commissioned officers
 
Sec. 724. Authorized number of officers

    (a) The authorized number of officers in the Reserve in an active 
status is 5,000. The actual number of Reserve officers in an active 
status at any time shall not exceed the authorized number unless the 
Secretary determines that a greater number is necessary for planned 
mobilization requirements, or unless the excess results directly from 
the operation of law.
    (b)(1) The authorized number of Reserve officers in an active status 
below the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall be distributed in 
grade in the following percentages, respectively: captain, 1.5; 
commander, 7.0; lieutenant commander, 22.0; lieutenant, 37.0; and the 
combined grades of lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign, 32.5. When the 
actual number of Reserve officers in an active status in a grade is less 
than the number authorized, the difference may be applied to increase 
the authorized number in a lower grade. A Reserve officer may not be 
reduced in rank or grade solely because of a reduction in an authorized 
number as provided for in this subsection, or because an excess results 
directly from the operation of law.
    (2) The authorized number of Reserve Officers in an active status 
not on active duty in the grades of rear admiral (lower half) and rear 
admiral is a total of two. However, the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating may authorize an additional number of 
Reserve officers not on active duty in the grades of rear admiral (lower 
half) and rear admiral as necessary in order to meet planned 
mobilization requirements.

(Added Pub. L. 96-322, Sec. 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1007; amended Pub. 
L. 97-417, Sec. 2(12), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2086; Pub. L. 98-557, 
Sec. 25(a)(4), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2872; Pub. L. 99-145, title V, 
Sec. 514(c)(1), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 629.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 772 of this title prior to the complete revision of this chapter 
by Pub. L. 96-322.


                               Amendments

    1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-145 substituted ``rear admiral (lower 
half)'' for ``commodore'' wherever appearing.
    1984--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98-557 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1), struck out provisions authorizing number of Reserve officers 
in an active status not on active duty in the combined grades of 
commodore and rear admiral as two, and added par. (2).
    1983--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-417 substituted ``commodore'' for 
``rear admiral'' and ``combined grades of commodore and real admiral'' 
for ``grade of rear admiral''.
