14 U.S.C. § 275 : US Code - Section 275: Wartime temporary service promotions

Search 14 U.S.C. § 275 : US Code - Section 275: Wartime temporary service promotions

(a) In time of war, or of national emergency declared by the
President or Congress, the President may suspend any section of
this chapter relating to the selection, promotion, or involuntary
separation of officers. Such a suspension may not continue beyond
six months after the termination of the war or national emergency.
(b) When the preceding sections of this chapter relating to
selection and promotion of officers are suspended in accordance
with subsection (a), and the needs of the service require, the
President may, under regulations prescribed by him, promote to a
higher grade any officer serving on active duty in the grade of
ensign or above in the Coast Guard.
(c) In time of war, or of national emergency declared by the
President or Congress, the President may, under regulations to be
prescribed by him, promote to the next higher warrant officer grade
any warrant officer serving on active duty in a grade below chief
warrant officer, W-4.
[(d) Repealed. Pub. L. 97-417, Sec. 2(6), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat.
2085.]
(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 by an
appointment for temporary service. Original appointments under this
section in the grades of lieutenant commander and above shall be
made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate. Original appointments under this section in the grades of
ensign through lieutenant shall be made by the President alone. 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.