Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§2109 Selection Boards; Oath of Members
Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 21 — PERSONNEL; OFFICERS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION › § 2109
Summary
Board members must swear to be fair, consider officers' fitness and Coast Guard efficiency, and take section 931's oath.
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Title 14, §2109
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Each member of a selection board shall swear—
(1)that the member will, without prejudice or partiality, and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the Coast Guard, perform the duties imposed upon the member; and
(2)an oath in accordance with section 931.
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Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 254 of this title as this section. Par. (2). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 931” for “section 635”. 2012—Pub. L. 112–213 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Each member of a selection board shall swear that he will, without prejudice or partiality, and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the Coast Guard, perform the duties imposed upon him.”
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 2109
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102