14 USC § 2763 - Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2763"
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title: "14 USC § 2763 - Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2763"
section_name: "Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations"
chapter_number: 27
chapter_name: "PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PAYMENTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 650, § 4, 69 Stat. 577, § 511; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(32), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521; Pub. L. 107–295, title III, § 312(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2102; renumbered § 2763, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)"
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# § 2763. Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations

The Secretary may grant compensatory absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving at isolated duty stations of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty result in confinement because of isolation or in long periods of continuous duty.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Aug. 9, 1955, ch. 650, § 4, 69 Stat. 577, § 511; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(32), Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2521; Pub. L. 107–295, title III, § 312(a), Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2102; renumbered § 2763, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2002— substituted “Compensatory absence from duty for military personnel at isolated duty stations” for “Compensatory absence of military personnel at isolated aids to navigation” in section catchline and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Secretary, under regulations prescribed by him, may grant compensatory absence from duty to military personnel of the Coast Guard serving in lightships and at lighthouses and other isolated aids to navigation of the Coast Guard when conditions of duty result in confinement because of isolations or in long periods of continuous duty.”

1976— substituted “Secretary” for “head of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating”.