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PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2767 officers, W-2; cadets; warrant officers, W-1;" and inserting in lieu thereof "chief warrant officers; cadets; warrant officers;". (5)(A) Sections 212 and 213 of such title are repealed. 14 USC 212, 213. (B) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 11 of such title is amended by striking out the items relating to sections 212 and 213. (6) Section 214 of such title is amended by striking out subsections (b) and (c). (7) Section 583 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) The active-duty list referred to in section 573(b) of this title includes the active-duty promotion list established by section 41a of title 14.". (g) TEMPORARY AUTHORITY FOR INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION OF CERTAIN WARRANT OFFICERS. —Section 580a of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(e) This section applies to the Secretary of Trgmisportation in the same manner and to the same extent as it applies to the Secretary of Defense. The Commandant of the Coast Guard shall take the action set forth in subsection (b) with respect to regular warrant officers of the Coast Guard.". (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amendments made 10 USC 571 note, by this section shall take effect on the first day of the fourth month beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 542. COAST GUARD FORCE REDUCTION TRANSITION BENEFITS. (a) INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION BENEFITS AND SERVICES.— Chapter 58 of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 1141 is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (D— (A) by striking out "Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps" and inserting in lieu thereof "armed forces"; and (B) by striking out "or on or after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994" and inserting in lieu thereof "or after November 29, 1993, or, with respect to a member of the Coast Guard, if the member was on active duty in the Coast Guard after September 30, 1994,". (2) Section 1143 is amended— (A) in the heading, by striking out ": Department of Defense"; (B) in subsection (a), by inserting "and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard" after "Secretary of Defense" and by striking out "under the jurisdiction of the Secretary"; (C) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "The Secretary of Transportation shall establish permanent employment assistance centers at appropriate Coast Guard installations."; (D) in subsection (c), by inserting "and the Secretary of Transportation" after "Secretary of Defense"; and (E) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new sentence: "The Secretary of Transportation shall provide the same preference in hiring to involuntarily separated members of the Coast Guard, and the dependents