Title 14 — Coast GuardRelease 119-73not60

§2765 Retroactive Payment of Pay and Allowances Delayed by Administrative Error or Oversight

Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 27— PAY, ALLOWANCES, AWARDS, AND OTHER RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › Subchapter III— PAYMENTS › § 2765

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Under rules the Secretary creates, the Coast Guard can approve back pay and allowances for enlisted members, including selective reenlistment bonuses. This only applies when the delay in getting that pay happened entirely because of an administrative error or oversight.

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Title 14, §2765

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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, the Coast Guard may authorize retroactive payment of pay and allowances, including selective reenlistment bonuses, to enlisted members if entitlement to the pay and allowances was delayed in vesting solely because of an administrative error or oversight.

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2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 513 of this title as this section.

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Citation

14 U.S.C. § 2765

Title 14 — Coast Guard

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60