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§3031 Pay and Allowances; Date of Acceptance of Promotion

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When an officer in the commissioned corps is promoted to a higher rank, they are treated as having accepted that promotion on the day the President makes it unless they clearly refuse it. They must be paid the higher rank's pay and allowances from that same day, unless another law says they get that pay from an earlier date. If the officer already took the oath required under section 3331 of title 5 and has served continuously since then, they do not have to take the oath again when promoted.

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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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 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60