14 USC § 2944 - Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2944"
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title: "14 USC § 2944 - Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "2944"
section_name: "Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees"
chapter_number: 29
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD FAMILY SUPPORT, CHILD CARE, AND HOUSING"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "HOUSING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 218(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3036, § 680; renumbered § 2944, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(61), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4312.)"
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# § 2944. Retired service members and dependents serving on advisory committees

A committee that—

**(1)** advises or assists the Coast Guard with respect to a function that affects a member of the Coast Guard or a dependent of such a member; and

**(2)** includes in its membership a retired Coast Guard member or a dependent of such a retired member;

shall not be considered an advisory committee under chapter 10 of title 5 solely because of such membership.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 218(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3036, § 680; renumbered § 2944, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4230; amended Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(a)(61), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4312.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022— substituted “chapter 10 of title 5” for “the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)” in concluding provisions.

2018— renumbered  as this section.