14 USC § 2141 - Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service

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title: "14 USC § 2141 - Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2141"
section_name: "Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service"
chapter_number: 21
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DISCHARGES; RETIREMENTS; REVOCATION OF COMMISSIONS; SEPARATION FOR CAUSE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 183, § 281; amended Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, § 416(a)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2121; renumbered § 2141, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)"
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# § 2141. Revocation of commissions during first five years of commissioned service

The Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, may revoke the commission of any regular officer on active duty who, at the date of such revocation, has had less than five years of continuous service as a commissioned officer in the Regular Coast Guard.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 183, § 281; amended Pub. L. 107–295, title IV, § 416(a)(1), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2121; renumbered § 2141, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2002— substituted “five” for “three” in section catchline and text.