33 USC § 3024 - Promotion by selection to permanent grades above lieutenant (junior grade)

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title: "33 USC § 3024 - Promotion by selection to permanent grades above lieutenant (junior grade)"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3024"
section_name: "Promotion by selection to permanent grades above lieutenant (junior grade)"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 224, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3085.)"
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# § 3024. Promotion by selection to permanent grades above lieutenant (junior grade)

Promotion to fill vacancies in each permanent grade above the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) shall be made by selection from the next lower grade upon recommendation of the personnel board.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 224, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3085.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to repeal by .