Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 43 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
§ 3025. Length of service for promotion purposes
Statutory text
General rule
Each officer shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, at least the same length of service as any other officer below that officer on the lineal list.
Exception
Notwithstanding subsection (a), an officer who has lost numbers shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, no greater service than the officer next above such officer in such officer’s new position on the lineal list.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 107–372 title II § 225 · 116 Stat. 3078
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3025
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 225, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3085.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 225, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3085.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 225. LENGTH OF SERVICE FOR PROMOTION PURPOSES. (a) General Rule.— Each officer shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, at least the same length of service as any other officer below that officer on the lineal list. (b) Exception.— Notwithstanding subsection (a), an officer who has lost numbers shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, no greater service than the officer next above such officer in such officer’s new position on the lineal list.
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Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 853f of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–372.