Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-14/chapter-21/section-2157.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "14 U.S.C. § 2157"
+description: "Flag officers"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 14
+title_name: "COAST GUARD"
+chapter_number: "21"
+chapter_name: "PERSONNEL; OFFICERS"
+section: "2157"
+citation: "14 U.S.C. § 2157"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc14@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t14/s2157"
+source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-14/usc14.xml"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 14 U.S.C. § 2157 - Flag officers
+
+## Text
+
+During any period in which the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, section 1216(d) of title 10 does not apply with respect to flag officers of the Coast Guard.
+
+(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 212(a), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3029, § 296; renumbered § 2157, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 112(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 296 of this title as this section.