MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS CONCERNING CONTINUITY OF GRADE, APPOINTMENT, AND RETIREMENT OF COAST GUARD PERSONNEL.

SEC. 203. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS CONCERNING CONTINUITY OF GRADE, APPOINTMENT, AND RETIREMENT OF COAST GUARD PERSONNEL. Title 14, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 52, by inserting “or admiral” immediately after “to another position as a vice admiral”; (2) in section 271(e), by inserting at the end of the first sentence, “except that advice and consent is not required for appointments under this section in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) or lieutenant” immediately after “consent of the Senate”; (3) in section 289(c), by striking “no less than 75 percent” and inserting “no less than 50 percent”; (4) in section 736(c), by adding at the end of the following new sentence: “However, the Secretary may adjust the date of appointment— “(1) if a delay in the finding required under section 734(a) of this title is beyond the control of the officer and the officer is otherwise qualified for promotion; or “(2) for any other reason that equity requires.”; and (5) in section 741(a), by inserting “who have 18 years or more of service for retirement and are” after “in an active status” the third time it appears.