Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110
§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
Summary
Commissioned corps officers are treated as accepting a promotion on the President's promotion date unless they decline, and they receive higher pay from that date unless another law gives an earlier date. One who already took the required oath and has served continuously need not retake it.
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Title 33, §3031
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(a)Acceptance and date of promotion
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)Oath of office
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
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110