14 USC § 3746 - Promotion; acceptance; oath of office

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s3746"
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title: "14 USC § 3746 - Promotion; acceptance; oath of office"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "3746"
section_name: "Promotion; acceptance; oath of office"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD RESERVE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
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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. 1012, § 735; renumbered § 3746, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)"
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# § 3746. Promotion; acceptance; oath of office

**(a)** A Reserve officer who has been appointed under this subchapter is considered to have accepted the appointment unless delivery thereof cannot be effected.

**(b)** A Reserve officer who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5, is not required to take a new oath of office upon appointment in a higher grade.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1012, § 735; renumbered § 3746, 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.