Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73not60
§2506 Suspension of Payment of Retired Pay of Members Who Are Absent From the United States to Avoid Prosecution
Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 25— PERSONNEL; GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter I— GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 2506
Summary
The Secretary can suspend a member's or former member's retired pay when that person stays outside the United States on purpose to avoid criminal charges or civil liability. The Secretary must create rules saying which crimes or civil cases this covers — including the offenses in section 8312 of title 5 — and how the person can get back any pay withheld after they return to the United States.
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Title 14, §2506
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Under procedures prescribed by the Secretary, the Secretary may suspend the payment of the retired pay of a member or former member during periods in which the member willfully remains outside the United States to avoid criminal prosecution or civil liability. The procedures shall address the types of criminal offenses and civil proceedings for which the procedures may be used, including the offenses specified in section 8312 of title 5, and the manner by which a member, upon the return of the member to the United States, may obtain retired pay withheld during the member’s absence.
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2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 424a of this title as this section.
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14 U.S.C. § 2506
Title 14 — Coast Guard
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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