14 USC § 313 - Chief of Staff to President: appointment

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title: "14 USC § 313 - Chief of Staff to President: appointment"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "313"
section_name: "Chief of Staff to President: appointment"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "POSITIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 597(a), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3283, § 54; renumbered § 310, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4196; renumbered § 313, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675.)"
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# § 313. Chief of Staff to President: appointment

The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint a flag officer of the Coast Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 597(a), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3283, § 54; renumbered § 310, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4196; renumbered § 313, Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7201(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1675.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 313 was renumbered .

Another prior section 313, acts , ; , , provided that any warrant officer who was retired under sections 303 to 305 or 307 of this title should be retired from active service with the highest grade held by him in which his performance of duty was satisfactory, but not lower than his permanent grade, with retired pay of the grade with which retired, prior to repeal by (), , and by , , .

A prior section 313a, added , , , related to retirement of warrant officers in cases where higher grade has been held, prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

2025— renumbered  as this section.