---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 998.54"
title: "15"
number: "998.54"
heading: "Pay for temporary promotion."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/998.54"
---

# §998.54. Pay for temporary promotion.


Professional mariners serving in a position aboard a NOAA ship to which they have been temporarily promoted pursuant to [5 CFR 335.102(f)](/cfr/5/335.102.md?p=f) shall be paid the difference between their temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position unless:

- (a) The professional mariner uses the leave before returning to their permanent position; or
- (b) **The professional mariner is permanently promoted to the higher position without further competition.**

## 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.