Collapse to view only § 3062. Relative rank of officers when serving with Army, Navy, or Air Force
- § 3061. Cooperation with and transfer to military departments
- § 3062. Relative rank of officers when serving with Army, Navy, or Air Force
- § 3063. Rules and regulations when cooperating with military departments
The President may, whenever in the judgment of the President a sufficient national emergency exists, transfer to the service and jurisdiction of a military department such vessels, equipment, stations, and officers of the Administration as the President considers to be in the best interest of the country.
After any such transfer all expenses connected therewith shall be defrayed out of the appropriations for the department to which the transfer is made.
Such transferred vessels, equipment, stations, and officers shall be returned to the Administration when the national emergency ceases, in the opinion of the President.
Nothing in this section shall be construed as transferring the Administration or any of its functions from the Department of Commerce except in time of national emergency and to the extent provided in this section.
This section does not authorize the transfer of an officer of the Administration to a military department if the accession or retention of that officer in that military department is otherwise not authorized by law.
An officer of the Administration transferred under this section, shall, while under the jurisdiction of a military department, have proper military status and shall be subject to the laws, regulations, and orders for the government of the Army, Navy, or Air Force, as the case may be, insofar as the same may be applicable to persons whose retention permanently in the military service of the United States is not contemplated by law.
When serving with the Army, Navy, or Air Force, an officer of the Administration shall rank with and after officers of corresponding grade in the Army, Navy, or Air Force of the same length of service in grade. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect or alter an officer’s rates of pay and allowances when not assigned to military duty.
Regulations under subsection (a) shall not be effective unless approved by each of those Secretaries.
Regulations under subsection (a) may provide procedures for making reports and communications between a military department and the Administration.