§ 854a. Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes

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.

1. 1942

   Pub. L. 77–6 § 2 · 56 Stat. 6

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 854a

   Jan. 19, 1942, ch. 6, § 2, 56 Stat. 6

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Jan. 19, 1942, ch. 6, § 2, 56 Stat. 6

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. promotion of officers (a) Promotions to the grades of captain and commander shall be made as vacancies occur and shall be by selection from the next lower respective grades upon recommendation of the Personnel Board hereinafter authorized. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, lieutenants, lieutenants (junior grade), and ensigns shall be promoted to the respective grades of lieutenant commander, lieutenant, and lieutenant (junior grade) in the order in which the names appear on the current lineal fist hereinafter authorized as the officers become credited with seven-teen years’, ten years’, and three years’ service, respectively: Provided, Provisos. Service requirements. That lieutenants with not less than fourteen years’ accredited service and lieutenants (junior grade) with not less than seven years’ accredited service may be promoted to the grades of lieutenant commander Lieutenant commanders and lieutenants, limitation. and lieutenant, respectively, at any time in such numbers as will not cause the resulting number of officers in each of the grades of lieutenant commander and lieutenant to exceed 28 per centum of the total authorized force of commissioned officers on the active list: Provided further, That for purposes of pay, longevity pay, allowances, Service as deck officer and junior engineer. Post, pp. 360, 1037. promotion, or retirement, which are 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 in excess of one year. (c) All promotions, when made, shall be effective from the date of Effective date. Senate approval. the respective vacancies, and promotions to all grades shall be made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (d) Each officer shall be assumed to have, for promotion purposes, Lineal list. at least the same length of service as any officer junior to him on the lineal list hereinafter authorized, except that an officer who has lost numbers on the lineal list shall be assumed to have for promotion purposes no greater service than the officer next above him in his new position on the lineal list. (e) Whenever a final fraction occurs in computing the authorized Fractions occurring in computations. number of officers of any grade, the nearest whole number shall be regarded as the authorized number: Provided, That the total number Provisos. of officers as authorized by law shall not be increased as a result of the computations prescribed herein, and if necessary the number of officers in the lowest grade shall be reduced accordingly: Provided further, That no officer shall be reduced in grade or pay or separated from the active list as the result of any computations made to determine the authorized number of officers in the various grades.

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