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[CITE: 14USC725]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
               PART II--COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
 
                     CHAPTER 21--COAST GUARD RESERVE
 
                              SUBCHAPTER B
 
                          commissioned officers
 
Sec. 725. Precedence

    (a) Reserve officers rank and take precedence in their respective 
grades among themselves and with officers of the same grade on the 
active duty promotion list and the permanent commissioned teaching staff 
in accordance with their dates of rank. When Reserve officers and 
officers on the active duty promotion list or the permanent commissioned 
teaching staff have the same date of rank in a grade, they take 
precedence as determined by the Secretary.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other law, a Reserve officer shall not lose 
precedence when transferred to or from the active duty promotion list, 
nor shall that officer's date of rank be changed due to the transfer.
    (c) A Reserve officer shall, when on the active duty promotion list, 
be promoted in the same manner as any other officer on the active duty 
promotion list regardless of the length of active duty service of the 
Reserve officer.

(Added Pub. L. 96-322, Sec. 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1008.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 781 of this title prior to the complete revision of this chapter 
by Pub. L. 96-322.
