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PUBLIC LAW 88-130-SEPT. 24, 1963

(10) Chapter 11 is amended— (A) by repealing sections 221-248 and 301-313a; (B) by striking out the subheads "COMMISSIONED OFFICERS" and "WARRANT OFFICERS"; and (C) by inserting the following new matter preceding section 350: "OFFICERS "A. Appointments "§ 211. Original appointment of permanent commissioned officers "(a) The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, permanent commissioned officers in the Regular Coast Guard in grades of ensign or above appropriate to their qualifications, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the following categories: " (1) graduates of the Coast Guard Academy; "(2) commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Regular Coast Guard; "(3) members of the Coast Guard Reserve who have served at least two years as such; and "(4) licensed officers of the United States merchant marine who have served, four or more years aboard a vessel of the United States in the capacity of a licensed officer. "(b) No person shall oe appointed a commissioned officer under this section until his mental, moral, physical, and professional fitness to perform the duties of a commissioned officer has been established under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe. "(c) Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in such grade. Appointees whose dates of commission are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine. "§212. Original appointment of permanent commissioned warrant officers "(a) The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, permanent commissioned warrant officers in the Regular Coast Guard, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the following categories: "fl^ warrant officers (W-1) of the Regular Coast Guard; "(2) enlisted men of the Regular Coast Guard; "(3^ members of the Coast Guard Reserve; and "(4) licensed officers of the United States merchant marine. "(b) No person shall be appointed a commissioned warrant officer under this section until his mental, moral, physical, and professional fitness to perform the duties of a commissioned warrant officer has been established under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe. "(c) Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in the Coast Guard in such grade. Appointees whose dates of commission are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine. 93-025 0-64-14

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