Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§3031 Pay and allowances; date of acceptance of promotion

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS › § 3031

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a commissioned corps officer is promoted, the officer is treated as accepting it on the date the President makes the promotion unless the officer says no. The officer must receive the higher pay and benefits from that date unless another law gives an earlier effective date. If the officer took the oath required by section 3331 of title 5 and has served without a break, they do not need to take the oath again on promotion.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §3031

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(a)An officer of the commissioned corps who is promoted to a higher grade—

(1)is deemed for all purposes to have accepted the promotion upon the date the promotion is made by the President, unless the officer expressly declines the promotion; and

(2)shall receive the pay and allowances of the higher grade from that date unless the officer is entitled under another provision of law to receive the pay and allowances of the higher grade from an earlier date.

(b)An officer who subscribed to the oath of office required by section 3331 of title 5 shall not be required to renew such oath or to take a new oath upon promotion to a higher grade, if the service of the officer after the taking of such oath is continuous.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Provisions similar to this section are contained in section 854a–2 of this title.

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33 U.S.C. § 3031

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73