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33 U.S.C. § 3079a — Treatment of commission in commissioned officer corps as employment in Administration for purposes of certain hiring decisions
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**(a) In general** In any case in which the Secretary accepts an application for a position of employment with the Administration and limits consideration of applications for such position to applications submitted by individuals serving in a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service within the Administration, the Secretary shall deem an officer who has served as an officer in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration for at least three years to be serving in a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service within the Administration for purposes of such limitation.
**(b) Career appointments** If the Secretary selects an application submitted by an officer described in subsection (a) for a position described in such subsection, the Secretary shall give such officer a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service, as appropriate.
**(c) Competitive service defined** In this section, the term “competitive service” has the meaning given the term in [section 2102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2102&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In general** In any case in which the Secretary accepts an application for a position of employment with the Administration and limits consideration of applications for such position to applications submitted by individuals serving in a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service within the Administration, the Secretary shall deem an officer who has served as an officer in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration for at least three years to be serving in a career or career-conditional position in the competitive service within the Administration for purposes of such limitation.
**(b) Career appointments** If the Secretary selects an application submitted by an officer described in subsection (a) for a position described in such subsection, the Secretary shall give such officer a career or career-conditional appointment in the competitive service, as appropriate.
**(c) Competitive service defined** In this section, the term “competitive service” has the meaning given the term in [section 2102 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section2102&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a)** The “competitive service” consists of—
(1) all civil service positions in the executive branch, except—
(A) positions which are specifically excepted from the competitive service by or under statute;
(B) positions to which appointments are made by nomination for confirmation by the Senate, unless the Senate otherwise directs; and
(C) positions in the Senior Executive Service;
(2) civil service positions not in the executive branch which are specifically included in the competitive service by statute; and
(3) positions in the government of the District of Columbia which are specifically included in the competitive service by statute.
**(b)** Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section, the “competitive service” includes positions to which appointments are made by nomination for confirmation by the Senate when specifically included therein by statute.
**(c)** As used in other Acts of Congress, “classified civil service” or “classified service” means the “competitive service”.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 3101
1 See References in Text note below.
116–259, which added this section, was enacted. Pub. L.
116–259 was approved Dec. 23, 2020.
Sections 201(a), 202(a), 203(a), and 305 (c) and (d), re-
ferred to in text, mean those respective sections of Pub.
L. 116–259.
CODIFICATION
Section was enacted as part of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer
Corps Amendments Act of 2020, and not as part of the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 which com-
prises this chapter.
§ 3079a. Treatment of commission in commis-
sioned officer corps as employment in Ad-
ministration for purposes of certain hiring
decisions
(a) In general
In any case in which the Secretary accepts an
application for a position of employment with
the Administration and limits consideration of
applications for such position to applications
submitted by individuals serving in a career or
career-conditional position in the competitive
service within the Administration, the Sec-
retary shall deem an officer who has served as
an officer in the commissioned officer corps of
the Administration for at least three years to be
serving in a career or career-conditional posi-
tion in the competitive service within the Ad-
ministration for purposes of such limitation.
(b) Career appointments
If the Secretary selects an application sub-
mitted by an officer described in subsection (a)
for a position described in such subsection, the
Secretary shall give such officer a career or ca-
reer-conditional appointment in the competitive
service, as appropriate.
(c) Competitive service defined
In this section, the term ‘‘competitive serv-
ice’’ has the meaning given the t
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