§854a. Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes

For purposes of promotion which is now or may hereafter be authorized for officers appointed after June 30, 1922, there shall be counted in addition to active commissioned service, service as deck officer and junior engineer.

(Jan. 19, 1942, ch. 6, §2, 56 Stat. 6 ; June 3, 1948, ch. 390, §22(a), formerly §21(a), 62 Stat. 300 , renumbered §22(a), Pub. L. 87–233, §1(f), Sept. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 506 ; Oct. 12, 1949, ch. 681, title V, §531(b)(32), 63 Stat. 839 ; June 21, 1955, ch. 172, §3(a), 69 Stat. 169 .)

Amendments

1955-Act June 21, 1955, credited all service as deck officer and junior engineer.

1949-Act Oct. 12, 1949, repealed that part of second proviso of subsec. (b) relating to service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for pay, longevity pay, or retirement purposes.

1948-Act June 3, 1948, repealed subsecs. (a), (c), (d) and all of subsec. (b) except for second proviso which now comprises this section.

Effective Date of Amendment

Amendment by act Oct. 12, 1949, effective Oct. 1, 1949, see section 533(a) of act Oct. 12, 1949, set out as an Effective Date of 1949 Amendment note under section 853o of this title.