Pub. L. 112-213, tit. II, sec. 206 (as amended)
APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
SEC. 206. APPOINTMENTS OF PERMANENT COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Section 211 of title 14, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) For the purposes of this section, the term ‘original’, with respect to the appointment of a member of the Coast Guard, refers to that member’s most recent appointment in the Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor a demotion.”
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