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title: "14 U.S.C. § 2157"
description: "Flag officers"
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title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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# 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.