14 USC § 2316 - Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment

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title: "14 USC § 2316 - Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2316"
section_name: "Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; ENLISTED"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added June 8, 1955, ch. 136, § 2, 69 Stat. 88, § 370; amended Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; renumbered § 2316, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)"
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# § 2316. Discharge within three months before expiration of enlistment

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, any enlisted member may be discharged at any time within three months before the expiration of his term of enlistment or extended enlistment without prejudice to any right, privilege, or benefit that he would have received, except pay and allowances for the unexpired period not served, or to which he would thereafter become entitled, had he served his full term of enlistment or extended enlistment.

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**Source Credit**: (Added June 8, 1955, ch. 136, § 2, 69 Stat. 88, § 370; amended Pub. L. 98–557, § 15(a)(3)(A), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2865; renumbered § 2316, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 113(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4221.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

1984— substituted reference to enlisted member for reference to enlisted man.