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title: "33 U.S.C. § 3048"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 3048 - Continuation on active duty; deferral of retirement

## Text

The provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 36 of title 10 relating to continuation on active duty and deferral of retirement shall apply to commissioned officers of the Administration.

(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 248, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3090.)