Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 43 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps
§ 3044. Retirement for length of service
Statutory text
An officer who has completed 20 years of service, of which at least 10 years was service as a commissioned officer, may at any time thereafter, upon application by such officer and in the discretion of the President, be placed on the retired 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 § 244 · 116 Stat. 3078
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3044
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 244, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3089.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 244, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3089.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 244. RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE. An officer who has completed 20 years of service, of which at least 10 years was service as a commissioned officer, may at any time thereafter, upon application by such officer and in the discretion of the President, be placed on the retired list.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 853l of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–372.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions
Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce by section 1(f) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, , 27 F.R. 5131, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.