PUBLIC LAW 107-372—DEC. 19, 2002 116 STAT. 3091 the Administration as the President considers to be in the best interest of the country. (2) RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDING OF TRANSFERRED RESOURCES AND OFFICERS.— After any such transfer all expenses connected therewith shall be defrayed out of the appropriations for the department to which the transfer is made. (3) RETURN OF TRANSFERRED RESOURCES AND OFFICERS.— Such transferred vessels, equipment, stations, and officers shall be returned to the Administration when the national emergency ceases, in the opinion of the President. (4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—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. (b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF OFFICERS. —T h is 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. (c) STATUS OF TRANSFERRED OFFICERS-^AU 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. SEC. 252. RELATIVE RANK OF OFFICERS WHEN SERVING WITH ARMY, 33 USC 3062. NAVY, OR AIR FORCE. 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 subtitle shall be construed to affect or alter an officer's rates of pay and allowances when not assigned to military duty. SEC. 253. RULES AND REGULATIONS WHEN COPERATING WITH MILI- 33 USC 3063. TARY DEPARTMENTS. (a) JOINT REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly prescribe regulations— (1) governing the duties to be performed by the Administration in time of war; and (2) providing for the cooperation of the Administration with the military departments in time of peace in preparation for its duties in time of war. (b) APPROVAL. —Regulations under subsection (a) shall not be effective unless approved by each of those Secretaries. (c) COMMUNICATIONS.— Regulations under subsection (a) may provide procedures for making reports and communications between a military department and the Administration. Subtitle E—Rights and Benefits SEC 261. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF TITLE 10, 33 USC 3071. UNITED STATES CODE. (a) PROVISIONS MADE APPLICABLE TO THE CORPS. — The rules of law that apply to the Armed Forces under the following provisions
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