Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 43 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
§ 3031. Pay and allowances; date of acceptance of promotion
Statutory text
Acceptance and date of promotion
An officer of the commissioned corps who is promoted to a higher grade—
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
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.
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.
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 § 231 · 116 Stat. 3078
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3031
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 231, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3087.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 231, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3087.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 231. PAY AND ALLOWANCES; DATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF PROMOTION. (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, United States Code, 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. 116 STAT. 3088
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Provisions similar to this section are contained in section 854a–2 of this title.