The date of enactment of this section, referred to in subsecs. (b)(1), (c)(1)(A)(i), and (d)(1), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–263, which was approved Dec. 23, 2022.

A prior section 312 was renumbered section 339 of this title.

Another prior section 312, acts Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, 63 Stat. 520; Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 536, § 14, 64 Stat. 407, related to relief of retired warrant officer promoted while on active duty, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(A), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 177.

2025—Pub. L. 119–60, § 7201(b), renumbered section 323 of this title as this section.

Subsecs. (b)(3)(C), (c)(1)(C)(ii). Pub. L. 119–60, § 7701(k), which directed amendment of section 324 of this title by substituting “Coast Guard Arctic District” for “Seventeenth Coast Guard District” wherever appearing, was executed to this section, to reflect the probable intent of Congress and the renumbering of section 323 of this title as this section by Pub. L. 119–60, see above. There is no section 324 of this title.

Nothing in amendment made by Pub. L. 117–263 to be construed to satisfy any requirement for government-to-government consultation with Tribal governments or to affect or modify any treaty or other right of any Tribal government, see section 11003 of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 245 of Title 6, Domestic Security.