The President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint a flag officer of the Coast Guard as the Chief of Staff to the President.

(Added Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 597(a), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3283, § 54; renumbered § 310, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 104(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4196.)

Prior Provisions

A prior section 310, acts Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 519; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 12, 64 Stat. 407, related to recall to active duty during war or national emergency of warrant officers, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(A), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 177.

Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 54 of this title as this section.