---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 998.50"
title: "15"
number: "998.50"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/998.50"
---

# §998.50. Applicability.


This subpart applies to professional mariners as defined in [section 3079b(c)](/usc/33/3079b.md?p=c) of title 33, United States Code, and in [§ 998.51](/cfr/15/998.51.md), who are regularly assigned duties aboard a NOAA ship. An employee is considered to be regularly assigned when his or her continuing duties are such that all or a significant part of them require that he or she serve aboard a NOAA ship. Temporary assignments of a shore-based employee of the Administration, such as for limited work projects or for training, do not constitute a regular assignment. This subpart does not apply to commissioned officers of the NOAA Corps serving on NOAA ships.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 3079b.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 48725, July 28, 2023, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 31708, May 25, 2022, unless otherwise noted.