2011 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 43 - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS (§§ 3001 - 3076)
Subchapter II - APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS (§§ 3021 - 3033)
Section 3029 - Temporary appointments and promotions generally
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 43 - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS SUBCHAPTER II - APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS Sec. 3029 - Temporary appointments and promotions generally |
| Contains | section 3029 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 107-372, title II, §229, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3087. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 116 Stat. 3087 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 107-372 |
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Temporary appointments in the grade of ensign may be made by the President alone. Each such temporary appointment terminates at the close of the next regular session of the Congress unless the Senate sooner gives its advice and consent to the appointment.
(b) Lieutenant (junior grade)Officers in the permanent grade of ensign may be temporarily promoted to and appointed in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) by the President alone whenever vacancies exist in higher grades.
(c) Any one gradeWhen determined by the Secretary to be in the best interest of the service, officers in any permanent grade may be temporarily promoted one grade by the President alone. Any such temporary promotion terminates upon the transfer of the officer to a new assignment.
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, §229, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3087.)
Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 853j–1 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–372.
Delegation of FunctionsFunctions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce by section 1(b)–(d) of Ex. Ord. No. 11023, May 28, 1962, 27 F.R. 5131, as amended, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
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