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PUBLIC LAW 88-130-SEPT. 24, 1963

[77 STAT.

"§213. Original appointment of permanent warrant officers (W-1) " (a) The Secretary may appoint permanent warrant officers ( W - 1), in the Regular Coast Guard, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the following categories: "(1) enlisted men of the Regular Coast Guard; "(2) members of the Coast Guard Resen^e; and "(3) licensed officers of the United States merchant marine. " (b) No person shall be appointed a warrant officer under this section until his mental, moral, physical, and professional fitness to perform the duties of a warrant officer has been established under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe. " (c) Appointees under this section shall take precedence with other warrant officers in accordance with the dates of their appointments. Appointees whose dates of appointment are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine. "§214. Original appointment of temporary officers " (a) The President may appoint temporary commissioned officers in the Regular Coast Guard m a grade, not ai^ove lieutenant, appropriate to their qualifications, experience, and length of sers'ice, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men of the Coast Guard. "(b) The President may appoint temporary commissioned warrant officers in the Regular Coast Guard, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the warrant officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard. "(c) The Secretary may appoint temporary warrant officers (W-1) in the Regular Coast Guard, as the needs of the Coast Guard require, from among the enlisted men of the Coast Guard. " (d) Temporary appointments under this section do not change the permanent, probationary, or acting status of persons so appointed, prejudice them in regard to promotion or appointment, or abridge their rights or benefits. A person who is appointed under this section may not suffer any reduction in the pay and allowances to which he was entitled because of his permanent status at the time of his temporary appointment under this section. "(e) An appointment under this section may be vacated by the appointing officer at any time. Each officer whose appointment is so vacated shall revert to his permanent status. "(f) Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their appointments as officers in such grade. Appointees whose dates of appointment are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine. "B. Selection for Promotion "§ 251. Selection boards; convening of boards "At least once a year and at such other times as the needs of the service require, the Secretary shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher grade officers on the active duty promotion list in each grade from lieutenant (junior grade) through captain, with separate boards for each grade. However, the Secretary is not required to convene a board to recommend officers for promotion to a grade when no vacancies exist in the grade concerned, and he estimates that none will occur in the next twelve months.

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