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 95 STAT. 1706

Active duty promotion list.

14 USC 290.

PUBLIC LAW 97-136—DEC. 29, 1981

SEC. 6. (a)(1) Subsection (a) of section 41a of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(a) The Secretary shall maintain a single active duty promotion list of officers of the Coast Guard on active duty in the grades of ensign and above. Reserve officers on active duty, other than pursuant to an active duty agreement executed under section 679 of title 10, retired officers, and officers of the permanent commissioned teaching staff of the Coast Guard Academy shall not be included on the active duty promotion list.". (2) Subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking out the period at the end of the second sentence and substituting ", except that the rear admiral serving as Chief of Staff shall be the senior rear admiral for all purposes other than pay.". (3) Subsection (d) of such section is amended by striking out "extended". (b) Section 290(a) of such title is amended by inserting "or in the position of Chief of Staff" in the second sentence after "vice admiral". (c)(1) Section 711 of such title is amended by striking out the first sentence. (2) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: (3) The item relating to section 711 in the analysis of chapter 21 is amended to read as follows: "711. Exclusiveness of service.".
 * §711. Exclusiveness of service*'.

(d) Section 93(p) of such title is amended by inserting "including telephones in residences leased or owned by the Government of the United States when appropriate to assure efficient response to extraordinary operational contingencies of a limited duration," after "of such lines and cables,". Housing leases. SEC. 7. Section 475(a) of title 14, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the first sentence thereof the following new sentences: "The Secretary is also authorized to lease housing facilities for assignment as public quarters, without rental charge, to military personnel who are on sea duty or duty at remote offshore Coast Guard stetions and who do not have dependents. Such authority shall be effective in any fiscal year onlv to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriation Acts." Temporary SEC. 8. (a) The third sentence of section 707(a) of title 14, United Reserve States Code, is amended to read as follows: "For benefit computetion, members, regardless of pay or pay stetus, the member is considered to have had benefit computation. monthly pay of the monthly equivalent of the minimum rate of basic 5 USC 5332 note. pay in effect for grade GS-9 of the General Schedule on the date the injury is incurred.". Effective date. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply only with 14 USC 707 note. respect to paymente for benefite under section 707(a) of title 14, United States Code, for months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 9. The Act of July 5, 1884 (46 U.S.C. 2 et seq.), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: Vessel "SEC. 8. (a) The original and periodic inspections or examinations of inspection, examination or a vessel documented or to be documented as a vessel of the United documentation. States, both in the United States and in foreign countries, may be delegated to the maximum extent practicable by the Secretary of the 46 USC 9. department in which the Coast Guard is operating to the American Bureau of Shipping, or similar American classification society, or agent thereof, who may issue certificates of inspection, attesting to

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