14 USC § 2765 - Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight

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title: "14 USC § 2765 - Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2765"
section_name: "Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight"
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"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 100–448, § 13(a), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1844, § 513; renumbered § 2765, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)"
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# § 2765. Retroactive payment of pay and allowances delayed by administrative error or oversight

Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Coast Guard may authorize retroactive payment of pay and allowances, including selective reenlistment bonuses, to enlisted members if entitlement to the pay and allowances was delayed in vesting solely because of an administrative error or oversight.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 100–448, § 13(a), Sept. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 1844, § 513; renumbered § 2765, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 116(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4226.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.