33 USC § 854a - Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes

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title: "33 USC § 854a - Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "854a"
section_name: "Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes"
chapter_number: 17
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Jan. 19, 1942, ch. 6, § 2, 56 Stat. 6; June 3, 1948, ch. 390, § 22(a), formerly § 21(a), 62 Stat. 300, renumbered § 22(a), Pub. L. 87–233, § 1(f), Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 506; Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, § 531(b)(32), 63 Stat. 839; June 21, 1955, ch. 172, § 3(a), 69 Stat. 169.)"
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# § 854a. Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes

June 30, 1922

For purposes of promotion which is now or may hereafter be authorized for officers appointed after , there shall be counted in addition to active commissioned service, service as deck officer and junior engineer.

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 19, 1942, ch. 6, § 2, 56 Stat. 6; June 3, 1948, ch. 390, § 22(a), formerly § 21(a), 62 Stat. 300, renumbered § 22(a), Pub. L. 87–233, § 1(f), Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 506; Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, § 531(b)(32), 63 Stat. 839; June 21, 1955, ch. 172, § 3(a), 69 Stat. 169.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Provisions similar to this section are contained in .

### Amendments

1955—Act , credited all service as deck officer and junior engineer.

1949—Act , repealed that part of second proviso of subsec. (b) relating to service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for pay, longevity pay, or retirement purposes.

1948—Act , repealed subsecs. (a), (c), (d) and all of subsec. (b) except for second proviso which now comprises this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1949 Amendment

> “Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, this Act [see Tables for classification] shall become effective on
> 
> , and no pay, allowances, or benefits provided herein shall accrue to any person for any period prior thereto.”

, , provided that: