---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 U.S.C. § 2511"
title: "14"
title_heading: "Coast Guard"
number: "2511"
heading: "Investigations of flag officers and Senior Executive Service employees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/14/2511"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 25 — Personnel; General Provisions"
  - "Subchapter I — General Provisions"
---

# §2511. Investigations of flag officers and Senior Executive Service employees


In conducting an investigation into an allegation of misconduct by a flag officer or member of the Senior Executive Service serving in the Coast Guard, the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security shall—

- (1) conduct the investigation in a manner consistent with Department of Defense policies for such an investigation; and
- (2) consult with the Inspector General of the Department of Defense.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 114–120, title II, § 220(a), Feb. 8, 2016, 130 Stat. 48, § 430; renumbered § 2511, Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 114(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4223.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 430 of this title as this section.