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 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2765 (B) in subsection (e), by striking out "of the military department"; and (C) in subsection (f)(2), by striking out "of the mihtary department". (5) Section 580 is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(4)(B), by inserting ", or severance pay computed under section 286a of title 14, as appropriate," after "section 1174 of this title"; and (B) in subsection (e)(6), by inserting "and the Secretary of Transportation, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy," after "Secretary of Defense". (6) Section 581(a) is amended by striking out "in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps". (c) TRANSITION FOR CERTAIN REGULAR WARRANT OFFICERS lo use 571 note. SERVING IN A HIGHER TEMPORARY GRADE BELOW CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER, W-5.—(1) A regular warrant officer of the Coast Guard who on the effective date of this section is on active duty and— (A) is serving in a temporary grade below chief warrant officer, W-5, that is higher than that warrant officer's permanent grade; (B) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to a temporary grade below chief warrant officer W-5; or (C) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to a permanent grade higher than the grade in which that warrant officer is serving; shall be considered to have been recommended by a board convened under section 573 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by this subsection (b), for promotion to the permanent grade equivalent to the grade in which that warrsuit officer is serving or for which that warrant officer has been recommended for promotion, as the case may be. (2) An officer referred to in subparagraph (A) of paragraph ' (1) who is not promoted to the grade to which that warrant officer is considered under such subsection to have been recommended for promotion because that officer's name is removed from a list of officers who are considered under such paragraph to have been recommended for promotion shall be considered by a board convened under section 573 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by subsection (b), for promotion to the permanent grade equivalent to the temporary grade in which that warrant officer was serving on the effective date of this section as if that warrant officer were serving in the permanent grade. (3) The date of rank of an officer referred to in paragraph (1)(A) who is promoted to the grade in which that warrant officer is serving on the effective date of this section is the date of that officer's temporary appointment in that grade. (d) TRANSITION FOR CERTAIN RESERVE WARRANT OFFICERS ^^ use 571 note. SERVING IN A HIGHER TEMPORARY GRADE BELOW CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER, W-5. — (1)(A) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a reserve warrant officer of the Coast Guard who on the effective date of this section is subject to placement on the warrant officer active-duty list and who— (i) is serving in a temporary grade below chief warrant officer, W-5, that is higher than that warrant officer's permanent grade; or (ii) is on a list of warrant officers recommended for promotion to a temporary grade below chief warrant officer, W-

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