{"identifier":"/us/usc/t33/s3079b","title":33,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3079b.","heading":"Shore leave for professional mariners","text":"\u00a7\u202f3079b.\nShore leave for professional mariners\n(a)\nIn general\nThe Under Secretary may prescribe regulations relating to shore leave for professional mariners without regard to the requirements of\nsection 6305 of title 5\n(b)\nRequirements\nThe regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall\u2014\n(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\n(2) provide that a professional mariner serving in a temporary promotion position aboard a vessel may be paid the difference between such mariner\u2019s temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position.\n(c)\nProfessional mariner defined\nIn this section, the term \u201cprofessional mariner\u201d 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.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t33/s3079b.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3079b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3079b."},{"t":"heading","text":"Shore leave for professional mariners"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3079b/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"In general"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Under Secretary may prescribe regulations relating to shore leave for professional mariners without regard to the requirements of ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 6305 of title 5","href":"/us/usc/t5/s6305","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3079b/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Requirements"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The regulations prescribed under subsection (a) shall\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3079b/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" require that a professional mariner serving aboard an ocean-going vessel be granted a leave of absence of 4 days per pay period; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3079b/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" provide that a professional mariner serving in a temporary promotion position aboard a vessel may be paid the difference between such mariner\u2019s temporary and permanent rates of pay for leave accrued while serving in the temporary promotion position.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t33/s3079b/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Professional mariner defined"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"In this section, the term \u201cprofessional mariner\u201d 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.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}