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[CITE: 33USC857-3]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    CHAPTER 17--NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 857-3. Service for purposes of certain rights, privileges, 
        immunities, and benefits; exercise of authority by Secretary of 
        Commerce
        
    (a) Active service of officers of the Administration shall be deemed 
to be active military service in the armed forces of the United States 
for the purposes of all rights, privileges, immunities, and benefits now 
or hereafter provided by--
        (1) laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
        (2) laws administered by the Interstate Commerce Commission; and
        (3) the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as 
    amended [50 App. U.S.C. 501 et seq.].

In the administration of these laws and regulations, with respect to the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the authority vested in 
the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of 
the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force and their respective 
departments shall be exercised by the Secretary of Commerce.
    (b) The Secretary may provide medical and dental care, including 
care in private facilities, for personnel of the Administration entitled 
to that care by law or regulation.

(Pub. L. 91-621, Sec. 3, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1863; Pub. L. 98-498, 
title III, Sec. 310(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2306; Pub. L. 102-54, 
Sec. 13(m)(3), June 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 277.)

                       References in Text

    The Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940, as amended, 
referred to in subsec. (a)(3), is act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, 54 Stat. 
1178, as amended, which is classified to section 501 et seq. of Title 
50, Appendix, War and National Defense. For complete classification of 
this Act to the Code, see section 501 of Title 50, Appendix, and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 102-54 substituted ``Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs'' for ``Veterans' Administration''.
    1984--Pub. L. 98-498 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).

  Abolition of Interstate Commerce Commission and Transfer of Functions

    Interstate Commerce Commission abolished and functions of Commission 
transferred, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 104-88, to Surface 
Transportation Board effective Jan. 1, 1996, by section 702 of Title 49, 
Transportation, and section 101 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note 
under section 701 of Title 49. References to Interstate Commerce 
Commission deemed to refer to Surface Transportation Board, a member or 
employee of the Board, or Secretary of Transportation, as appropriate, 
see section 205 of Pub. L. 104-88, set out as a note under section 701 
of Title 49.
