14 USC § 3756 - Grade on entry upon active duty

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identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s3756"
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title: "14 USC § 3756 - Grade on entry upon active duty"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "3756"
section_name: "Grade on entry upon active duty"
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. 1015, § 745; renumbered § 3756, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 118(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233.)"
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# § 3756. Grade on entry upon active duty

A Reserve officer ordered to active duty or active duty for training shall be ordered in the grade held; except that the Secretary may authorize a higher grade.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1015, § 745; renumbered § 3756, 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.