15 CFR § 998.54 - Pay for temporary promotion.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s998.54"
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title: "15 CFR § 998.54 - Pay for temporary promotion."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "998.54"
section_name: "Pay for temporary promotion."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS OF NOAA MARINE AND AVIATION"
part_number: "998"
part_name: "MARINE AND AVIATION OPERATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 3001"
regulatory_source: "87 FR 31708, May 25, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
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# 998.54 Pay for temporary promotion.

Professional mariners serving in a position aboard a NOAA ship to which they have been temporarily promoted pursuant to 5 CFR 335.102(f) shall be paid the difference between their temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position unless:

(a) The professional mariner uses the leave before returning to their permanent position; or

(b) The professional mariner is permanently promoted to the higher position without further competition.