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PUBLIC LAW 88-130-SEPT. 24, 1963

any warrant officer serving on active duty in a grade below chief warrant officer, W-4. " (d) The grade of commodore in the Coast Guard is established for the purposes of this section. "(e) A promotion under this section to a grade above lieutenant may be made only upon the recommendation of a board of officers convened for that purpose. " (f) A promotion under this section shall be made hj an appointment for temporary service. An appointment under this section to a grade above captain shall be made by the President by and M^ith the advice and consent of the Senate. Any other appointments under this section shall be made by the President alone. " (g) An appointment under this section, unless expressly declined, is regarded as accepted on the date specified by the Secretary as the date of the appointment, and the officer so promoted is entitled to pay and allowances of the grade to which appointed from that date. " (h) An appointment under this section does not terminate any appointments held by an officer concerned under any other provisions of this title. The President may terminate temporary appointments made under this section at any time. An appointment under this section is effective for such period as the President determines. However, an appointment may not be effective later than six months after the end of the war or national emergency. When his temporary appointment under this section is terminated or expires, the officer shall revert to his former grade. " (i) Not later than six months after the end of the war or national emergency the President shall, under such regulations as he may prescribe, reestablish the active duty promotion list with adjustments and additions appropriate to the conditions of original appointment and wartime service of all officers to be included thereon. The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint officers on the reestablished active duty promotion list to fill vacancies in the authorized active duty strength of each grade. Such appointments shall be considered to have been made under section 271 of this title. "§276. Promotion of officers not included on active duty promotion list "Officers who are not included on the active duty promotion list may be promoted under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary. These regulations shall, as to officers serving in connection with organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components, provide, as nearly as practicable, that such officers will be selected and promoted in the same manner and will be afforded equal opportunity for promotion as officers of the corresponding grade on the active duty promotion list. "§277. Temporary promotions of warrant officers "Warrant officers may be temporarily promoted to higher warrant officer grades under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe. "D. Discharges; Retirements; Revocation of Commissions "§ 281. Revocation of commissions during first three years of commissioned service "The Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, may revoke the commission of any regular officer on active duty who, at the date of such revocation, has had less than three years of continuous service as a commissioned officer in the Regular Coast Guard.

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