14 USC § 2158 - Review of records of officers

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2158"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "14 USC § 2158 - Review of records of officers"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2158"
section_name: "Review of records of officers"
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"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 187, § 321; renumbered § 2158, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7223(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1702.)"
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# § 2158. Review of records of officers

The Secretary shall prescribe, by regulation, procedures to review the record of any officer of the Regular Coast Guard to determine whether he shall be required to show cause for his retention on active duty—

**(1)** because his performance of duty has fallen below the standards prescribed by the Secretary, or

**(2)** because of moral dereliction, professional dereliction, or because his retention is not clearly consistent with the interests of national security.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 187, § 321; renumbered § 2158, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216; amended Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7223(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1702.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025— substituted “shall prescribe, by regulation, procedures” for “may at any time convene a board of officers” in introductory provisions.

2018— renumbered  as this section.