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33 U.S.C. § 3022

Personnel boards

United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective

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33 U.S.C. § 3022, Personnel boards, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/469575
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Not less frequently than once each year and at such other times as the Secretary determines necessary, the Secretary shall convene a personnel board. A board convened under subsection (a) shall consist of five or more officers who are serving in or above the permanent grade of the officers under consideration by the board. Officers on the retired list may be recalled to serve on such personnel boards as the Secretary considers necessary. No officer may be a member of two successive personnel boards convened to consider officers of the same grade for promotion or separation. Each personnel board shall— If any recommendation by a board convened under subsection (a) is not accepted by the Secretary or the President, the board shall make such further recommendations as the Secretary or the President considers appropriate. The Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps may provide that an officer, upon the officer’s request and with the approval of the Director, be excluded from consideration for promotion by a personnel board convened under this section. The Director shall approve a request made by an officer under paragraph (1) only if—

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 107-372(H.R. 4883)2002-12-19
    Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2002
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 116-259(S. 2981)2020-12-23
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020
    House: 265–124Senate: no recorded tally