33 USC § 3033 - Suspension during war or emergency

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3033"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 3033 - Suspension during war or emergency"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3033"
section_name: "Suspension during war or emergency"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF OFFICERS"
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, § 233, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3088.)"
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# § 3033. Suspension during war or emergency

In time of emergency declared by the President or by the Congress, and in time of war, the President is authorized, in the President’s discretion, to suspend the operation of all or any part of the provisions of law pertaining to promotion of commissioned officers of the Administration.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 233, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3088.)

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