14 USC § 2163 - Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary

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title: "14 USC § 2163 - Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2163"
section_name: "Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary"
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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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 189, § 326; renumbered § 2163 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7223(d)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1702.)"
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# § 2163. Removal of officer from active duty; action by Secretary

section 2159 of this title

The Secretary may remove an officer from active duty if his removal is recommended by a board of inquiry under . The Secretary’s action in such as case is final and conclusive.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 189, § 326; renumbered § 2163 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240; Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7223(d)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1702.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2025— substituted “board of inquiry under ” for “board of review under ”.

2018—, substituted “section 2160” for “section 323”.

, renumbered  as this section.