§4903 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

Summary

Congress must approve the number of active-duty Coast Guard members who will be in service at the end of each fiscal year. Money for active-duty personnel can only be provided if that end-of-year number is approved by law. If a war or national emergency is in effect at the end of a fiscal year, the President may delay any legal limit on that year’s end strength for up to 6 months after the war or emergency ends. Congress also must approve the Coast Guard’s average student loads for certain training each year. That covers recruit and specialized training, flight training, professional schooling, and officer acquisition. Funding for those training programs can only be provided if the approved student loads are set by law.

Title 14, §4903

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(a)For each fiscal year, Congress shall authorize the strength for active duty personnel of the Coast Guard as of the end of that fiscal year. Amounts may be appropriated for a fiscal year to or for the use of active duty personnel of the Coast Guard only if the end strength for active duty personnel for that fiscal year has been authorized by law. If at the end of any fiscal year there is in effect a declaration of war or national emergency, the President may defer the effectiveness of any end-strength limitation with respect to that fiscal year prescribed by law for any military or civilian component of the Coast Guard, for a period not to exceed 6 months after the end of the war or termination of the national emergency.

(b)(1)Congress shall authorize the average military training student loads for the Coast Guard for each fiscal year. That authorization is required for student loads for the following individual training categories:

(A)Recruit and specialized training.

(B)Flight training.

(C)Professional training in military and civilian institutions.

(D)Officer acquisition training.

(2)Amounts may be appropriated for a fiscal year for use in training military personnel of the Coast Guard in the categories referred to in paragraph (1) only if the average student loads for the Coast Guard for that fiscal year have been authorized by law.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 66114:ch. 11(note).Sept. 10, 1976, Pub. L. 94–406, § 6, 90 Stat. 1236. The words “after fiscal year 1977” are omitted as executed. The word “Amounts” is substituted for “funds” for clarity and consistency.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 2703 of this title as this section. 2016—Pub. L. 114–120 renumbered section 661 of this title as this section. 2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–295 inserted at end “If at the end of any fiscal year there is in effect a declaration of war or national emergency, the President may defer the effectiveness of any end-strength limitation with respect to that fiscal year prescribed by law for any military or civilian component of the Coast Guard, for a period not to exceed 6 months after the end of the war or termination of the national emergency.”

§4903 Authorization of Personnel End Strengths