14 USC § 3701 - Organization

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s3701"
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title: "14 USC § 3701 - Organization"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "3701"
section_name: "Organization"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD RESERVE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ADMINISTRATION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1003, § 701; renumbered § 3701, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)"
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# § 3701. Organization

The Coast Guard Reserve is a component of the Coast Guard. It shall be organized, administered, trained, and supplied under the direction of the Commandant.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1003, § 701; renumbered § 3701, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Women’s Branch of the Coast Guard Reserve

> “Effective upon enactment of this Act [
> 
> ], all members of the women’s branch of the Coast Guard Reserve who were serving on active or inactive duty on the day before enactment shall become members of the Coast Guard Reserve without loss of grade, rate, date of rank, or other benefits earned by their prior service.”

, , , provided that: