Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102
§4103 Limitation on Rights of Members of the Auxiliary and Temporary Members of the Reserve
Title 14 › SUBTITLE III — COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY › CHAPTER 41 — GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY › § 4103
Summary
Auxiliary and temporary Reserve members only get the rights and benefits that a law specifically gives them. If a law gives benefits to military or Coast Guard personnel but does not name them, those benefits do not apply to them.
Full Legal Text
Title 14, §4103
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Members of the Auxiliary and temporary members of the Reserve shall be entitled only to such rights, privileges, and benefits as are specifically set forth for them in this title or as may be specifically provided for them in any other Act of Congress. Any Act of Congress which grants rights, privileges, or benefits generally to military personnel, or among others, to personnel of the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Reserve, without specifically granting such rights, privileges, or benefits to members of the Auxiliary or temporary members of the Reserve, shall not be deemed applicable to members of the Auxiliary or to temporary members of the Reserve.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 271 (Feb. 19, 1941, ch. 8, title I, § 12, as added Sept. 30, 1944, ch. 453, § 8, 58 Stat. 761). Temporary members of the Reserve are included within the provisions of this section. Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress,
House Report No. 557
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Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 893 of this title as this section.
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Citation
14 U.S.C. § 4103
Title 14, Coast Guard
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102