Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§3079b Shore Leave for Professional Mariners

Title 33 › CHAPTER 43 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS › SUBCHAPTER V — RIGHTS AND BENEFITS › § 3079b

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Under Secretary may make rules about shore leave for professional mariners without the usual rulemaking steps. The rules must give ocean-going mariners 4 days of leave every pay period and let mariners who are temporarily promoted be paid the difference between their temporary and permanent pay for leave earned while in that temporary job. A "professional mariner" is a worker on an Administration vessel who serves in engineering, deck, steward, electronic technician, or survey.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §3079b

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general

The Under Secretary may prescribe regulations relating to shore leave for professional mariners without regard to the requirements of section 6305 of title 5.

(b)Requirements

The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall—

(1)require that a professional mariner serving aboard an ocean-going vessel be granted a leave of absence of 4 days per pay period; and

(2)provide that a professional mariner serving in a temporary promotion position aboard a vessel may be paid the difference between such mariner’s temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position.

(c)Professional mariner defined

In this section, the term “professional mariner” means an individual employed on a vessel of the Administration who has the necessary expertise to serve in the engineering, deck, steward, electronic technician, or survey department.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 3079b

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110