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§3030 Temporary Appointment or Advancement of Commissioned Officers in Time of War or National Emergency

Title 33 › CHAPTER 43 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS › SUBCHAPTER II — APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS › § 3030

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Officers of the Administration must follow the same rules as Navy personnel for temporary promotions or rank advances during war or a national emergency. If an officer is serving in a military department under section 3061, that department’s Secretary can recommend a temporary promotion to a higher rank. Administration officers may get temporary promotions to fill vacancies caused when officers are transferred to a military department under section 3061. Temporary appointments can be made in any grade the Administration normally uses, but the number of temporary appointees cannot be more than the number of officers transferred under section 3061.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §3030

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(a)In general
Officers of the Administration shall be subject in like manner and to the same extent as personnel of the Navy to all laws authorizing temporary appointment or advancement of commissioned officers in time of war or national emergency.
(b)Limitations
Subsection (a) shall be applied subject to the following limitations:
(1)A commissioned officer in the service of a military department under section 3061 of this title may, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the military department concerned, be temporarily promoted to a higher rank or grade.
(2)A commissioned officer in the service of the Administration may be temporarily promoted to fill vacancies in ranks and grades caused by the transfer of commissioned officers to the service and jurisdiction of a military department under section 3061 of this title.
(3)Temporary appointments may be made in all grades to which original appointments in the Administration are authorized, except that the number of officers holding temporary appointments may not exceed the number of officers transferred to a military department under section 3061 of this title.

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Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Provisions similar to this section are contained in section 854a–1 of this title.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions Functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce by section 1(h)–(j) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, May 28, 1962, 27 F.R. 5131, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

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33 U.S.C. § 3030

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110