33 USC § 3047 - Retired rank and pay held pursuant to other laws unaffected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3047"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 3047 - Retired rank and pay held pursuant to other laws unaffected"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3047"
section_name: "Retired rank and pay held pursuant to other laws unaffected"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT 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, § 247, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3090.)"
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# § 3047. Retired rank and pay held pursuant to other laws unaffected

Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent an officer from being placed on the retired list with the highest rank and with the highest retired pay to which the officer is entitled under any other provision of law.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 247, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3090.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

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