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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 171 (Reported in Senate) — To reauthorize and amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002,... · Sec. 101

Sec. 101. Strength and distribution in grade

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Section 214 ( 33 U.S.C. 3004 ) is amended to read as follows: The commissioned grades in the commissioned officer corps of the Administration are the following, in relative rank with officers of the Navy: Vice admiral. Rear admiral. Rear admiral (lower half). Captain. Commander. Lieutenant commander. Lieutenant. Lieutenant (junior grade). Ensign. The Secretary shall prescribe, with respect to the distribution on the lineal list in grade, the percentages applicable to the grades set forth in subsection (a).
Not less frequently than once each year, the Secretary shall make a computation to determine the number of officers on the lineal list authorized to be serving in each grade. The number in each grade shall be computed by applying the applicable percentage to the total number of such officers serving on active duty on the date the computation is made. If a final fraction occurs in computing the authorized number of officers in a grade, the nearest whole number shall be taken. If the fraction is ½ , the next higher whole number shall be taken.
The total number of officers authorized by law to be on the lineal list during a fiscal year may be temporarily exceeded if the average number on that list during that fiscal year does not exceed the authorized number. Officers serving in positions designated under section 228(a) and officers recalled from retired status shall not be counted when computing authorized strengths under subsection
(c)and shall not count against those strengths. No officer may be reduced in grade or pay or separated from the commissioned officer corps of the Administration as the result of a computation made to determine the authorized number of officers in the various grades. .
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