33 U.S.C. § 3029
Temporary appointments
United States · Title 33 — NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · Status: effective
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Temporary appointments in the grade of ensign, lieutenant junior grade, or lieutenant may be made by the President.
A temporary appointment to a position under subsection (a) shall terminate upon approval of a permanent appointment for such position made by the President.
Appointees under subsection (a) shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their appointments as officers in such grade. The order of precedence of appointees who are appointed on the same date shall be determined by the Secretary.
When determined by the Secretary to be in the best interest of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration, officers in any permanent grade may be temporarily promoted one grade by the President. Any such temporary promotion terminates upon the transfer of the officer to a new assignment.
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.
- Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments of 2002House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act of 2011
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020House: 265–124Senate: no recorded tally