14 U.S.C. § 724 : US Code - Section 724: Authorized number of officers

Search 14 U.S.C. § 724 : US Code - Section 724: Authorized number of officers

(a) The authorized number of officers in the Reserve in an active
status is 5,000. Reserve officers on an active-duty list shall not
be counted as part of the authorized number of officers in the
Reserve. The actual number of Reserve officers in an active status
at any time shall not exceed the authorized number unless the
Secretary determines that a greater number is necessary for planned
mobilization requirements, or unless the excess results directly
from the operation of law.
(b)(1) The Secretary shall make, at least once each year, a
computation to determine the number of Reserve officers in an
active status authorized to be serving in each grade. The number in
each grade shall be computed by applying the applicable percentage
to the total number of such officers serving in an active status on
the date the computation is made. The number of Reserve officers in
an active status below the grade of rear admiral (lower half) shall
be distributed by pay grade so as not to exceed percentages of
commissioned officers authorized by section 42(b) of this title.
When the actual number of Reserve officers in an active status in a
particular pay grade is less than the maximum percentage
authorized, the difference may be applied to the number in the next
lower grade. A Reserve officer may not be reduced in rank or grade
solely because of a reduction in an authorized number as provided
for in this subsection, or because an excess results directly from
the operation of law.
(2) The authorized number of Reserve Officers in an active status
not on active duty in the grades of rear admiral (lower half) and
rear admiral is a total of two. However, the Secretary of the
department in which the Coast Guard is operating may authorize an
additional number of Reserve officers not on active duty in the
grades of rear admiral (lower half) and rear admiral as necessary
in order to meet planned mobilization requirements.
(c) Deferral of Limitation. - If at the end of any fiscal year
there is in effect a declaration of war or national emergency, the
President may defer the effectiveness of any end-strength
limitation with respect to that fiscal year prescribed by law for
any military or civilian component of the Coast Guard Reserve, for
a period not to exceed 6 months after the end of the war or
termination of the national emergency.