§ 4. — Operation as a service in the Navy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document affected by Public Law 5
00010]
[CITE: 14USC4]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 1--ESTABLISHMENT AND DUTIES
Sec. 4. Operation as a service in the Navy
Whenever the Coast Guard operates as a service in the Navy:
(a) applicable appropriations of the Navy Department shall be
available for the expense of the Coast Guard;
(b) applicable appropriations of the Coast Guard shall be
available for transfer to the Navy Department;
(c) precedence between commissioned officers of corresponding
grades in the Coast Guard and the Navy shall be determined by the
date of rank stated by their commissions in those grades;
(d) personnel of the Coast Guard shall be eligible to receive
gratuities, medals, and other insignia of honor on the same basis as
personnel in the naval service or serving in any capacity with the
Navy; and
(e) the Secretary may place on furlough any officer of the Coast
Guard and officers on furlough shall receive one half of the pay to
which they would be entitled if on leave of absence, but officers of
the Coast Guard Reserve shall not be so placed on furlough.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 497; May 5, 1950, ch. 169, Sec. 14(u),
64 Stat. 148; Pub. L. 89-444, Sec. 1(1), June 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 195.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Subsections (a) and (b) are based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
Sec. 1 (Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, Sec. 1, 38 Stat. 800; July 11, 1941, ch.
290, Secs. 5, 6(a), 55 Stat. 585).
Said section has been divided. The provisions relating to
appropriations are in this section. The provisions relating to
establishment of the Coast Guard are placed in section 1 of this title.
The provisions relating to when the Coast Guard operates as a service in
the Navy are placed in section 3 of this title.
The substantive changes relating to the availability of
appropriations when the Coast Guard is transferred to the Navy were
suggested by the Bureau of the Budget (July 11, 1941, ch. 290, Sec. 6
(a), 55 Stat. 585).
Subsection (c) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 7 (Aug.
29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 600).
Subsection (d) is derived from title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Secs. 355
to 356b (Feb. 4, 1919, ch. 14, Secs. 2-5, 40 Stat. 1056; Aug. 7, 1942,
ch. 551, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 743).
Said sections authorized medals for presentation ``. . . to any
person who, while serving in any capacity with the Navy of the United
States . . .''; inasmuch as this language includes the Coast Guard when
it is operating under the Navy, this subsection entails no change in
existing law.
Subsection (e) is based on title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 228
(R.S. 1442; Feb. 28, 1942, ch. 11, 59 Stat. 9).
Inasmuch as R.S. 1442 cited above applies to the Navy and Marine
Corps as well as the Coast Guard it is not scheduled for repeal but is
being amended by section 6 of this act to eliminate reference to the
Coast Guard.
Subsection (f) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 3 (Aug.
29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 600).
Said section has been divided. The provisions concerning
applicability of Navy laws to Coast Guard personnel are placed in this
section. The provisions of the provisos of title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed.,
Sec. 3 are placed in section 571 of this title.
Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress, House Report No.
557.
Amendments
1966--Pub. L. 89-444 made technical changes in subsecs. (d) and (e)
by inserting ``and'' at end of subsec. (d) and substituting a period for
``; and'' at end of subsec. (e).
1950--Act May 5, 1950, repealed subsec. (f) which provided that
personnel of the Coast Guard should be subject to the laws for the
government of the Navy.
Effective Date of 1950 Amendment
Section 5 of act May 5, 1950, provided that the amendment made by
that section is effective May 31, 1951.
