33 USC § 3009 - Use of recruiting materials for public relations

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3009"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 3009 - Use of recruiting materials for public relations"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3009"
section_name: "Use of recruiting materials for public relations"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 219, as added Pub. L. 116–259, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1159.)"
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# § 3009. Use of recruiting materials for public relations

The Secretary may use for public relations purposes of the Department of Commerce any advertising materials developed for use for recruitment and retention of personnel for the commissioned officer corps of the Administration. Any such use shall be under such conditions and subject to such restrictions as the Secretary shall prescribe.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 219, as added Pub. L. 116–259, title I, § 106(a), Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1159.)