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 55 STAT.] 77TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 8-FEB. 19, 1941 TITLE II-ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW COAST GUARD RESERVE SEC. 201. There is hereby created and established a United States Coast Guard Reserve (hereinafter referred to as the "Reserve"), the purpose of which is to provide a trained force of officers and men which, added to regular personnel of the Coast Guard, will be ade- quate to enable that service to perform such extraordinary duties as may be necessitated by emergency conditions. SEc. 202. The Reserve shall be composed of male citizens of the United States and of its Territories and possessions, except the Philip- pine Islands, between the ages of seventeen and sixty-four, who are physically and otherwise qualified for the performance of duty with the Coast Guard, and who, through appointment or enlistment therein, obligate themselves to serve in the Coast Guard in time of war or dur- ing any period of national emergency declared by the President to exist. SEC. 203. The ranks, grades, and ratings in the Reserve shall be the various ranks grades, and ratings, not above lieutenant commander, prescribed by law for the Coast Guard. SEC. 204. The Reserve shall be a military organization administered by the Commandant, under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Commandant shall, with the approval of the Sec- retary of the Treasury and the concurrence of the Secretary of the Navy, prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this title. SEC. 205. Any member of the Reserve may be ordered to active duty by the Commandant in time of war or during any period of national emergency declared by the President to exist and be required to per- form active duty throughout the war or until the President declares that such national emergency no longer exists; but in time of peace, except for disciplinary purposes as provided in section 209 hereof, no such member shall be ordered to or continued on active duty without his consent: Provided, That the Commandant may release any mem- ber from active duty either in time of war or in time of peace. Mem- bers of the Reserve while engaged on active duty shall be vested with the same power, authority, rights, and privileges as members of the regular Coast Guard of similar ranks, grades, or ratings. SEC. 206. Commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Reserve when engaged on active duty, or on active duty while undergoing training, or when engaged in authorized travel to or from such duty, shall receive the same pay and allowances as are received by commissioned officers, chief warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the regular Coast Guard of the same rank, grade, rating, and length of service. In deter- mining length of service for the purposes of this section, there shall be included (a) all periods of active duty under this Act, except active duty while undergoing training, and (b) all other service for which credit is given by law to members of the regular Coast Guard. When members of the Reserve perform active duty or active duty while undergoing training for a period of less than thirty days, such duty performed on the thirty-first day of any month shall be paid for at the same rate as for other days: Provided, That members of the Reserve while engaged on active duty which involves the actual flying in aircraft in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Com- mandant shall receive the same increase of pay of their ranks, grades, or ratings as may be received by members of the regular Coast Guard in similar ranks, grades, or ratings, for the performance of similar duty. Purpose. Composition. Post. p. 587. Ranks, grades, and ratings. Administration. Active duty provi- sions. Post, p. 587. Proviso. Pay and allowances. Post, p. 588. Longevity, service included. Pay for less than 30 days. Proviso. Pay where duty In- volves actual flying.

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