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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 43— NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS · SUBCHAPTER I— GENERAL PROVISIONS · § 3005

§ 3005. Number of authorized commissioned officers

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(a)In general The total number of authorized commissioned officers on the lineal list of the commissioned officer corps of the Administration shall not exceed 500.
(b)Positions of importance and responsibility Officers serving in positions designated under section 3028 of this title and officers recalled from retired status or detailed to an agency other than the Administration—
(1)may not be counted in determining the total number of authorized officers on the lineal list under this section; and
(2)may not count against such number.
(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 215, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3084; Pub. L. 110–386, § 6, Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4108; Pub. L. 116–259, title I, § 102(a), Dec. 23, 2020, 134 Stat. 1155.)
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  • Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 215
  • 116 Stat. 3084
  • Pub. L. 110–386, § 6
  • 122 Stat. 4108
  • 134 Stat. 1155
  • section 853a of this title
  • Pub. L. 107–372
  • Pub. L. 110–386
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