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

Summary

When the Secretary asks, the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force can accept Coast Guard members for training in any Army or Air Force school, including aviation schools. They can charge or not charge for costs if both sides agree, and the Coast Guard members must follow the school's rules. Coast Guard officers and enlisted members can buy Army quartermaster supplies at the same price Army personnel pay. The Army Secretary can also sell ordnance items to Coast Guard officers for official use in the same way those items are sold to Army officers.

Title 14, §704

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(a)The Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force at the request of the Secretary may, with or without reimbursement for the cost thereof, as agreed, receive members of the Coast Guard for instruction in any school, including any aviation school, maintained by the Army or the Air Force, and such members shall be subject to the regulations governing such schools.

(b)Officers and enlisted members of the Coast Guard shall be permitted to purchase quartermaster supplies from the Army at the same price as is charged the officers and enlisted members of the Army.

(c)Articles of ordnance property may be sold by the Secretary of the Army to officers of the Coast Guard for their use in the public service in the same manner as these articles are sold to officers of the Army.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Subsection (a) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 28 (Aug. 29, 1916, ch. 417, 39 Stat. 601). Section has been enlarged to include the Air Force as well as the Army, and to include all schools maintained by the Army or Air Force, rather than aviation schools only. Reimbursement is made optional depending upon agreement of the Secretaries. Subsection (b) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 31 (Mar. 6, 1920, ch. 94, § 1, 41 Stat. 506). Subsection (c) is based on title 14, U.S.C., 1946 ed., § 31a (Mar. 3, 1909, ch. 252, 35 Stat. 751; Apr. 15, 1937, ch. 101, 50 Stat. 65). Changes were made in phraseology. 81st Congress,

House Report No. 557

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 704 was renumbered section 3704 of this title.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 144 of this title as this section. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–232 substituted “enlisted members” for “enlisted men” in two places. 1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–557 substituted “members” for “officers and enlisted men” in two places. 1976—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(10)(a), substituted “at the request of the Secretary” for “at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(10)(b), substituted “Secretary of the Army” for “Chief of Ordnance”.

§704 Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force