Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73
§1929 Cadets; appointment as ensign
Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— - PERSONNEL › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - COAST GUARD ACADEMY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - CADETS › § 1929
Summary
The President, with the Senate’s approval, can appoint every Coast Guard Academy graduate as an ensign. If several graduates are made ensigns on the same day, their relative rank is set by their order of merit at graduation (how well they ranked).
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Title 14, §1929
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The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint as ensigns in the Coast Guard all cadets who shall graduate from the Academy. Ensigns so commissioned on the same date shall take rank according to their proficiency as shown by the order of their merit at date of graduation.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 15a–1 (May 25, 1943, ch. 99, 57 Stat. 84). Said section has been divided. The proviso is incorporated in section 182 of this title. The other part is incorporated in this section. The last sentence of this section is new as a statute; it makes statutory what has been the practice of years, and is similar to the third sentence of title 34, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 1057, applicable to graduates of the Naval Academy. 81st Congress,
House Report No. 557
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 185 of this title as this section.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 1929
Title 14 — Coast Guard
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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