33 U.S.C. § 853o–1

Credit of service as deck officer or junior engineer and certain other active service for retirement and retirement pay

Active service in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as a deck officer or junior engineer and active service counted on June 30, 1922 , for longevity pay, shall be credited to commissioned officers as active commissioned service for purposes of retirement and retirement pay.

( Pub. L. 87–649, § 9(c) , Sept. 7, 1962 , 76 Stat. 496 ; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965 , 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318 ; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970 , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090 .)