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[CITE: 14USC742]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
               PART II--COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
 
                     CHAPTER 21--COAST GUARD RESERVE
 
                              SUBCHAPTER B
 
                          commissioned officers
 
Sec. 742. Maximum ages for retention in an active status

    (a) A Reserve officer, if qualified, shall be transferred to the 
Retired Reserve on the day the officer becomes sixty-two years of age.
    (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary 
may authorize the retention of a Reserve rear admiral or rear admiral 
(lower half) in an active status not longer than the day on which the 
officer concerned becomes sixty-four years of age.
    (c) Except as provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of this 
section, a Reserve officer shall be discharged effective upon the day 
the officer becomes sixty-two years of age.

(Added Pub. L. 96-322, Sec. 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1014; amended Pub. 
L. 97-417, Sec. 2(16), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2086; 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 789 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''.
    1983--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97-417 inserted ``or commodore'' after 
``rear admiral''.
