14 U.S.C. § 305
Vice admirals
United States · Title 14 — COAST GUARD · Status: effective
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- 14 U.S.C. § 305, Vice admirals, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/439267
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The President shall—
designate, within the Coast Guard, no more than five positions of importance and responsibility that shall be held by officers who, while so serving—
An officer who is appointed to a position designated under subsection (a) shall continue to hold the grade of vice admiral—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1993House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010House: 385–11Senate: no recorded tally
- To make technical corrections to provisions of law enacted by the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2015House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018House: 239–173Senate: no recorded tally
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026House: 312–112Senate: no recorded tally