14 USC § 2148 - Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of

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title: "14 USC § 2148 - Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2148"
section_name: "Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of"
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. 185, § 287; amended Pub. L. 92–451, § 1(6), Oct. 2, 1972, 86 Stat. 755; renumbered § 2148 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)"
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# § 2148. Separation for failure of selection for promotion or continuation; time of

If, under section 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2150, or 2151 of this title, the discharge or retirement of any officer would be required less than six months following approval of the report of the board which considered but did not select him for promotion or continuation, the discharge or retirement of such officer shall be deferred until the last day of the sixth calendar month after such approval.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 185, § 287; amended Pub. L. 92–451, § 1(6), Oct. 2, 1972, 86 Stat. 755; renumbered § 2148 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—, substituted “section 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2150, or 2151” for “section 282, 283, 284, 285, 289, or 290”.

, renumbered  as this section.

1972— inserted reference to section 290.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , except that continuation boards may not be held until one year thereafter, see , set out as a note under .