Title 14Coast GuardRelease 119-73

§704 Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force

Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE I— - ESTABLISHMENT, POWERS, DUTIES, AND ADMINISTRATION › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - COOPERATION › § 704

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When the Secretary asks, the Army or Air Force can let Coast Guard members attend any of their schools, including flight schools. The services can agree to charge or not charge for costs, and Coast Guard students must follow the school rules. Coast Guard officers and enlisted members may buy Army quartermaster supplies at the same prices Army personnel pay. The Army may also sell ordnance items to Coast Guard officers for official use the same way it sells them to Army officers.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §704

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(a)The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force at the request of the Secretary may, with or without reimbursement for the cost thereof, as agreed, receive members of the Coast Guard for instruction in any school, including any aviation school, maintained by the Army or the Air Force, and such members shall be subject to the regulations governing such schools.
(b)Officers and enlisted members of the Coast Guard shall be permitted to purchase quartermaster supplies from the Army at the same price as is charged the officers and enlisted members of the Army.
(c)Articles of ordnance property may be sold by the Secretary of the Army to officers of the Coast Guard for their use in the public service in the same manner as these articles are sold to officers of the Army.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Subsection (a) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 28 (Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 601). Section has been enlarged to include the Air Force as well as the Army, and to include all schools maintained by the Army or Air Force, rather than aviation schools only. Reimbursement is made optional depending upon agreement of the Secretaries. Subsection (b) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 31 (Mar. 6, 1920, ch. 94, § 1, 41 Stat. 506). Subsection (c) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 31a (Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 252, 35 Stat. 751; Apr. 15, 1937, ch. 101, 50 Stat. 65). Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress,

House Report No. 557

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 704 was renumbered section 3704 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 144 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “enlisted members” for “enlisted men” in two places. 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–557 substituted “members” for “officers and enlisted men” in two places. 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(10)(a), substituted “at the request of the Secretary” for “at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(10)(b), substituted “Secretary of the Army” for “Chief of Ordnance”.

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Citation

14 U.S.C. § 704

Title 14Coast Guard

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73