33 U.S.C. § 854a-2 : US Code - Section 854A-2: Pay and allowances; date of acceptance of promotion

Search 33 U.S.C. § 854a-2 : US Code - Section 854A-2: Pay and allowances; date of acceptance of promotion

Any commissioned officer of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration promoted to a higher grade at any time after
December 7, 1941, shall be deemed for all purposes to have accepted
his promotion to higher grade upon the date such promotion is made
by the President unless he shall expressly decline such promotion,
and shall receive the pay and allowances of the higher grade from
such date unless he is entitled under some other provision of law
to receive the pay and allowances of the higher grade from an
earlier date. No such officer who shall have subscribed to the oath
of office required by section 3331 of title 5, shall be required to
renew such oath or to take a new oath upon his promotion to a
higher grade, if his service after the taking of such an oath shall
have been continuous.