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legal/us/code/title-33/chapter-43/section-3079b.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "33 U.S.C. § 3079b"
+description: "Shore leave for professional mariners"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 33
+title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
+chapter_number: "43"
+chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
+section: "3079b"
+citation: "33 U.S.C. § 3079b"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc33@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3079b"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 33 U.S.C. § 3079b - Shore leave for professional mariners
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general The Under Secretary may prescribe regulations relating to shore leave for professional mariners without regard to the requirements of section 6305 of title 5.
+
+(b) Requirements The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall—
+
+(1) require that a professional mariner serving aboard an ocean-going vessel be granted a leave of absence of 4 days per pay period; and
+
+(2) provide that a professional mariner serving in a temporary promotion position aboard a vessel may be paid the difference between such mariner’s temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position.
+
+(c) Professional mariner defined In this section, the term “professional mariner” means an individual employed on a vessel of the Administration who has the necessary expertise to serve in the engineering, deck, steward, electronic technician, or survey department.
+
+(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 269B, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXVII, § 11706(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4157.)