Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§854a Service Credit as Deck Officer or Junior Engineer for Promotion Purposes
Title 33 › CHAPTER 17 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 854a
Summary
Add time spent as a deck officer or as a junior engineer to an officer’s active commissioned service when calculating promotion credit for officers appointed after June 30, 1922.
Full Legal Text
Title 33, §854a
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For purposes of promotion which is now or may hereafter be authorized for officers appointed after June 30, 1922, there shall be counted in addition to active commissioned service, service as deck officer and junior engineer.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Provisions similar to this section are contained in section 3032 of this title.
Amendments
1955—Act
June 21, 1955, credited all service as deck officer and junior engineer. 1949—Act Oct. 12, 1949, repealed that part of second proviso of subsec. (b) relating to service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for pay, longevity pay, or retirement purposes. 1948—Act
June 3, 1948, repealed subsecs. (a), (c), (d) and all of subsec. (b) except for second proviso which now comprises this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1949 AmendmentAct Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, § 533(a), 63 Stat. 841, provided that: “Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, this Act [see Tables for classification] shall become effective on October 1, 1949, and no pay, allowances, or benefits provided herein shall accrue to any person for any period prior thereto.”
Reference
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 854a
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102