{"data":{"id":"us/14-u.s.c.-3746","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"14 U.S.C. § 3746","heading":"Promotion; acceptance; oath of office","body":"(a) A Reserve officer who has been appointed under this subchapter is considered to have accepted the appointment unless delivery thereof cannot be effected. (b) A Reserve officer who has served continuously since taking the oath of office prescribed in section 3331 of title 5, is not required to take a new oath of office upon appointment in a higher grade.","path":["Title 14—COAST GUARD","CHAPTER 37—COAST GUARD RESERVE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc14@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:32Z","sha256":"261b980022db1b5ea3f38e7bd0551c9c0ef5a3b6615ec020c7fdbac9ccfd7db2","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/14-u.s.c.-3745","next":"us/14-u.s.c.-3747"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}