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title: "14 U.S.C. § 2518"
description: "Command sponsorship"
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title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
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release_point: "119-100"
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# 14 U.S.C. § 2518 - Command sponsorship

## Text

On request by a member of the Coast Guard assigned to Unalaska, Alaska, the Commandant shall grant command sponsorship to the dependents of such member.

(Added Pub. L. 119–60, div. G, title LXXII, § 7228(a), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1708.)