Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

33 U.S.C. § 3030

Temporary appointment or advancement of commissioned officers in time of war or national emergency

(a)

In general

Officers of the Administration shall be subject in like manner and to the same extent as personnel of the Navy to all laws authorizing temporary appointment or advancement of commissioned officers in time of war or national emergency.

(b)

Limitations

Subsection (a) shall be applied subject to the following limitations:
(1)
section 3061 of this title A commissioned officer in the service of a military department under may, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the military department concerned, be temporarily promoted to a higher rank or grade.
(2)
section 3061 of this title A commissioned officer in the service of the Administration may be temporarily promoted to fill vacancies in ranks and grades caused by the transfer of commissioned officers to the service and jurisdiction of a military department under .
(3)
section 3061 of this title Temporary appointments may be made in all grades to which original appointments in the Administration are authorized, except that the number of officers holding temporary appointments may not exceed the number of officers transferred to a military department under .

Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 230116 Stat. 3087(, , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 854a–1 of this titleProvisions similar to this section are contained in .

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions

section 301 of Title 3Functions of President under subsec. (b) of this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce by section 1(h)–(j) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, , 27 F.R. 5131, as amended, set out as a note under , The President.