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§51316 Temporary Appointments to the Academy
Title 46 › Subtitle V — Merchant Marine › Part B — Merchant Marine Service › CHAPTER 513 — UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY › § 51316
Summary
Even if other laws say otherwise, the Maritime Administrator can place a current employee of the United States Merchant Marine Academy’s non-appropriated fund unit into a General Schedule job that pays similarly. The employee must be doing work that could be paid from annual appropriations, the change skips the usual job competition, and it can last no more than 2 years.
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Title 46, §51316
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Maritime Administrator may appoint any present employee of the United States Merchant Marine Academy non-appropriated fund instrumentality to a position on the General Schedule of comparable pay. Eligible personnel shall be engaged in work permissibly funded by annual appropriations, and such appointments to the Civil Service shall be without regard to competition, for a term not to exceed 2 years.
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The General Schedule, referred to in text, is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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46 U.S.C. § 51316
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102