14 USC § 3731 - Definitions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s3731"
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title: "14 USC § 3731 - Definitions"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "3731"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD RESERVE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1007, § 720; renumbered § 3731 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 118(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233, 4240.)"
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# § 3731. Definitions

As used in this subchapter—

**(1)** “Reserve officer” means a commissioned officer in the Reserve, except an officer excluded by section 3732 of this title or a commissioned warrant officer; and

**(2)** “discharged” means released from an appointment as a Reserve officer.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1007, § 720; renumbered § 3731 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 118(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233, 4240.)

## 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.

Par. (1). , substituted “section 3732” for “section 721”.