14 USC § 307 - Vice admirals and admirals, continuity of grade

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title: "14 USC § 307 - Vice admirals and admirals, continuity of grade"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "307"
section_name: "Vice admirals and admirals, continuity of grade"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "POSITIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–322, title I, § 115(a)(1), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1585, § 52; amended Pub. L. 101–225, title II, § 203(1), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1911; Pub. L. 111–281, title V, § 511(d), (f)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2952, 2953; renumbered § 307, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4196; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), (e)(4), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675, 1678.)"
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# § 307. Vice admirals and admirals, continuity of grade

The continuity of an officer’s precedence on the active duty promotion list, date of rank, grade, pay, and allowances as a vice admiral or admiral shall not be interrupted by the termination of an appointment for the purpose of reappointment to another position as a vice admiral or admiral.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 97–322, title I, § 115(a)(1), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1585, § 52; amended Pub. L. 101–225, title II, § 203(1), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1911; Pub. L. 111–281, title V, § 511(d), (f)(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2952, 2953; renumbered § 307, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4196; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), (e)(4), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675, 1678.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 307, , , provided for compulsory retirement of warrant officers after thirty years’ service, upon recommendation of a personnel board, prior to repeal by (), , and by , , .

### Amendments

2025—, renumbered  as this section, resulting in no change.

, which directed substitution of “Admirals” for “Admiral” in the section catchline, was executed by substituting “admirals” for “admiral” after “and”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2010— substituted “Vice admirals and admiral, continuity of grade” for “Vice admirals, continuity of grade” in section catchline and inserted “or admiral” after “allowances as a vice admiral” in text.

1989— inserted “or admiral” after “position as a vice admiral”.