The fiscal year in which this Act is enacted, referred to in subsec. (a), means the fiscal year in which Pub. L. 116–259, which added this section, was enacted. Pub. L. 116–259 was approved Dec. 23, 2020.

Sections 201(a), 202(a), 203(a), and 305 (c) and (d), referred to in text, mean those respective sections of Pub. L. 116–259.

Section was enacted as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Amendments Act of 2020, and not as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002 which comprises this chapter.