§ 485. — Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC485]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 13--PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS
Sec. 485. Clothing for officers and enlisted personnel
(a) The Coast Guard may purchase uniforms, accouterments, and
related equipment for sale to officer personnel and cadets of the Coast
Guard.
(b) The Coast Guard may purchase uniform clothing for sale to
enlisted personnel of the Coast Guard. The actual cost of the clothing
thus sold to enlisted personnel may be withheld from their pay.
(Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 534; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, Sec. 33, 64
Stat. 408; Pub. L. 87-649, Sec. 14d(4), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 502.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Subsection (a) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 30 (Jan.
12, 1919, ch. 8, 40 Stat. 1054). Said section was changed to have
application to the Coast Guard at all times, rather than when the Coast
Guard is operating with the Navy.
Inasmuch as the act cited above applies equally to the Navy and
Marine Corps as well as the Coast Guard, it is not scheduled for repeal
but is being amended by section 9 of this act to eliminate reference to
the Coast Guard.
Subsection (b) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946, ed., Sec. 13, and
on title 33, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 754 (July 1, 1898, ch. 346, Sec. 1,
30 Stat. 604; July 27, 1912, ch. 255, Sec. 2, 37 Stat. 239). Said
section 13 was changed to have application to all enlisted personnel
rather than to ``crews of vessels in service'' only. The provision of
said section 754 which provided for the sale of clothing to civilian
employees is eliminated as becoming obsolete.
Subsection (c) is new. Title 37, U.S.C., 1946 ed., Sec. 110
authorizes the payment of a cash allowance in case clothing is not
furnished to enlisted persons of the Coast Guard. Clearly this presumes
the authority to issue clothing to enlisted persons; this section makes
the authority statutory. 81st Congress, House Report No. 557.
Amendments
1962--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87-649 repealed subsec. (c) which
permitted the Coast Guard to purchase uniform clothing for distribution
to enlisted personnel or to pay such enlisted personnel a cash clothing
allowance.
1950--Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 3, 1950, struck out ``to'' after ``or''.
Effective Date of 1962 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 87-649 effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15
of Pub. L. 87-649, set out as an Effective Date note preceding section
101 of Title 37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.
