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33 U.S.C. § 854a — Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes
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For purposes of promotion which is 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.
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For purposes of promotion which is 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.
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For purposes of promotion, there shall be counted in addition to active commissioned service, service as deck officer or junior engineer.
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### Statutory Notes
Section 853m, act June 3, 1948, ch. 390, § 14, 62 Stat. 299, related to retirement for disability. See section 1201 et seq. of Title 10, Armed Forces.
Section 853n, act June 3, 1948, ch. 390, § 15, 62 Stat. 299, related to computation of service for retirement purposes. See sections 1401 et seq., 6321 et seq., and 6371 et seq. of Title 10.
#### Effective Date of Repeal
Repeal effective Oct. 1, 1949, see section 533(a) of act Oct. 12, 1949, set out as an Effective Date of 1949 Amendment note under [section 854a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section854a&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Original appointments to Regular and Ready Reserve Corps; limitation on appointment and call to active duty**
(1) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (e) of this section, original appointments to the Regular Corps may be made only in the warrant officer (W–1), chief warrant officer (W–2), chief warrant officer (W–3), chief warrant officer (W–4), junior assistant, assistant, and senior assistant grades and original appointments to a grade above junior assistant shall be made only after passage of an examination, given in accordance with regulations of the President, in one or more of the several branches of medicine, dentistry, hygiene, sanitary engineering, pharmacy, psychology, nursing, or related scientific specialties in the field of public health.
(2) Original appointments to the Ready Reserve Corps may be made to any grade up to and including the director grade but only after passage of an examination given in accordance with regulations of the President. Reserve commissions shall be for an indefinite period and may be terminated at any time, as the President may direct.
(3) No individual who has attained the age of forty-four shall be appointed to the Regular Corps, or called to active duty in the Ready Reserve Corps for a period in excess of one year, unless (A) he has had a number of years of active service (as defined in [section 212(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section212/d&num=0&edition=prelim)) equal to the number of years by which his age exceeds forty-four, or (B) the Surgeon General determines that he possesses exceptional qualifications, not readily available elsewhere in the Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, for the performance of special duties with the Service, or
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**(a) Commissioned officers of Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps; special pay for active duty; incentive special pay for Public Health Service nurses**
(1) Commissioned officers of the Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps shall be entitled to receive such pay and allowances as are now or may hereafter be authorized by law.
(2) For provisions relating to the receipt of special pay by commissioned officers of the Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps while on active duty, see section 303a(b) or 373 of title 37.
**(b) Purchase of supplies** Commissioned officers on active duty and retired officers entitled to retired pay pursuant to section 211(g)(3), 212, or 213a(a) of this title, shall be permitted to purchase supplies from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps at the same price as is charged officers thereof.
**(c) Members of national advisory or review councils or committees** Members of the National Advisory Health Council and members of other national advisory or review councils or committees established under this chapter, including members of the Technical Electronic Product Radiation Safety Standards Committee and the Board of Regents of the National Library of Medicine, but excluding ex officio members, while attending conferences or meetings of their respective councils or committees or while otherwise serving at the request of the Secretary, shall be entitled to receive compensation at rates to be fixed by the Secretary, but at rates not exceeding the daily equivalent of the rate specified at the time of such service for grade GS–18 of the General Schedule, including traveltime; and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by [section 57
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**(a) Permanent or temporary promotions; examination** Promotions of officers of the Regular Corps to any grade up to and including the director grade shall be either permanent promotions based on length of service, other permanent promotions to fill vacancies, or temporary promotions. Permanent promotions shall be made by the President, and temporary promotions shall be made by the President. Each permanent promotion shall be to the next higher grade, and shall be made only after examination given in accordance with regulations of the President.
**(b) Promotion to certain grades only to fill vacancies; regulations; “restricted grade” defined** The President may by regulation provide that in a specified professional category permanent promotions to the senior grade, or to both the full grade and the senior grade, shall be made only if there are vacancies in such grade. A grade in any category with respect to which such regulations have been issued is referred to in this section as a “restricted grade”.
**(c) Examinations** Examinations to determine qualification for permanent promotions may be either noncompetitive or competitive, as the Surgeon General shall in each case determine; except that examinations for promotions to the assistant or senior assistant grade shall in all cases be noncompetitive. The officers to be examined shall be selected by the Surgeon General from the professional category, and in the order of seniority in the grade, from which promotion is to be recommended. In the case of a competitive examination the Surgeon General shall determine in advance of the examination the number (which may be one or more) of officers who, after passing the examination, will be recommended to the President for promotion; but if the examination is one for promotio
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**(a) Age; voluntariness; length of service; computation of retired pay**
(1) A commissioned officer of the Regular Corps shall, if he applies for retirement, be retired on or after the first day of the month following the month in which he attains the age of sixty-four years. This paragraph does not permit or require the involuntary retirement of any individual because of the age of the individual.
(2) A commissioned officer of the Regular Corps may be retired by the Secretary, and shall be retired if he applies for retirement, on the first day of any month after completion of thirty years of active service.
(3) Any commissioned officer of the Regular Corps who has had less than thirty years of active service may be retired by the Secretary, with or without application by the officer, on the first day of any month after completion of twenty or more years of active service of which not less than ten are years of active commissioned service in any of the uniformed services.
(4) Except as provided in paragraph (6), a commissioned officer retired pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), or (3) who was on active duty with the Regular Corps on the day preceding such retirement shall be entitled to receive retired pay calculated by multiplying the retired pay base determined under [section 1406 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1406&num=0&edition=prelim) by the retired pay multiplier determined under section 1409 of such title for the numbers of years of service credited to the officer under this paragraph and in which, in the case of a temporary promotion to such grade, he has performed active duty for not less than six months, (A) for each year of active service, or (B) if it results in higher retired pay, for each of the fo
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**(a) Other Government departments** The Secretary is authorized, upon the request of the head of an executive department, to detail officers or employees of the Service to such department for duty as agreed upon by the Secretary and the head of such department in order to cooperate in, or conduct work related to, the functions of such department or of the Service. When officers or employees are so detailed their salaries and allowances may be paid from working funds established as provided by law or may be paid by the Service from applicable appropriations and reimbursement may be made as agreed upon by the Secretary and the head of the executive department concerned. Officers detailed for duty with the Army, Air Force, Navy, or Coast Guard shall be subject to the laws for the government of the service to which detailed.
**(b) State health or mental health authorities** Upon the request of any State health authority or, in the case of work relating to mental health, any State mental health authority, personnel of the Service may be detailed by the Surgeon General for the purpose of assisting such State or a political subdivision thereof in work related to the functions of the Service.
**(c) Congressional committees and nonprofit educational, research, or other institutions engaged in health activities for special studies and dissemination of information** The Surgeon General may detail personnel of the Service to any appropriate committee of the Congress or to nonprofit educational, research 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. or other institutions engaged in health activities for special studies of scientific problems and for the dissemination of information relating to public health.
**(d) Availability of funds; reimbursement by State; detai
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**(a) Prescription by President: appointments, retirement, etc.** The President shall from time to time prescribe regulations with respect to the appointment, promotion, retirement, termination of commission, titles, pay, uniforms, allowances (including increased allowances for foreign service), and discipline of the commissioned corps of the Service.
**(b) Promulgation by Surgeon General; administration of Service** The Surgeon General, with the approval of the Secretary, unless specifically otherwise provided, shall promulgate all other regulations necessary to the administration of the Service, including regulations with respect to uniforms for employees, and regulations with respect to the custody, use, and preservation of the records, papers, and property of the Service.
**(c) Preference to school of medicine** No regulation relating to qualifications for appointment of medical officers or employees shall give preference to any school of medicine.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 854a–1
1 See References in Text note below.
junior engineer and active service counted on
June 30, 1922, for longevity pay, shall be credited
to commissioned officers as active commis-
sioned service for purposes of retirement and re-
tirement pay.
(Pub. L. 87–649, § 9(c), Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 496;
1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R.
8819, 79 Stat. 1318; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff.
Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was formerly classified to section 302 of Title
37 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title
37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services, by
Pub. L. 87–649, § 1, Sept. 7, 1962, 76 Stat. 451.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Nov. 1, 1962, see section 15 of Pub. L.
87–649, set out as a note preceding section 101 of Title
37, Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Weath-
er Bureau to form a new agency in Department of Com-
merce to be known as Environmental Science Services
Administration, and commissioned officers of Survey
transferred to ESSA, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff.
July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note
under section 851 of this title. The Reorg. Plan also
transferred to Secretary of Commerce all functions of
Coast and Geodetic Survey and Director of Survey.
Subsequently, Environmental Science Services Admin-
istration abolished, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration established, and Commissioned Officer
Corps of ESSA redesignated Commissioned Officer
Corps of NOAA by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3,
1970, 35 F.R.
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