33 USC § 3001 - Commissioned officer corps

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3001"
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title: "33 USC § 3001 - Commissioned officer corps"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3001"
section_name: "Commissioned officer corps"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 211, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3082.)"
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# § 3001. Commissioned officer corps

There shall be in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a commissioned officer corps.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 211, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3082.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2020 Amendment

> “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020’.”

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### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter, amending
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> , Armed Services, and
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> , Foreign Relations and Intercourse, repealing sections 853a to 853
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> , 853p to 853r, 853t to 854, 855, 856 to 857–5, 858, 864, and 874 of this title, amending provisions set out as a note under
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> , and repealing provisions set out as notes under sections 853a and 857–1 of this title and
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> , Veterans’ Benefits] may be cited as the ‘National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002’.”

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