33 USC § 3079b - Shore leave for professional mariners

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3079b"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 3079b - Shore leave for professional mariners"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3079b"
section_name: "Shore leave for professional mariners"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "RIGHTS AND BENEFITS"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 269B, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVII, § 11706(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4157.)"
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# § 3079b. Shore leave for professional mariners

**(a)** **In general** section 6305 of title 5

The Under Secretary may prescribe regulations relating to shore leave for professional mariners without regard to the requirements of .

**(b)** **Requirements** The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall—

**(1)** require that a professional mariner serving aboard an ocean-going vessel be granted a leave of absence of 4 days per pay period; and

**(2)** provide that a professional mariner serving in a temporary promotion position aboard a vessel may be paid the difference between such mariner’s temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position.

**(c)** **Professional mariner defined** In this section, the term “professional mariner” means an individual employed on a vessel of the Administration who has the necessary expertise to serve in the engineering, deck, steward, electronic technician, or survey department.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 269B, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVII, § 11706(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4157.)