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 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 108 STAT. 2925 "(2) A selection board need not include an officer from a competitive category to be considered by the board if there is no officer of that competitive category on the reserve active-status list or the active-duty list in a permanent grade higher than the grade of the officers to be considered by the board and otherwise eligible to serve on the board. However, in such a case, the Secretary of the military department concerned, in his discretion, may appoint as a member of the board a retired officer of that competitive category who is in the same armed force as the officers under consideration by the board who holds a higher grade thgin the grade of the officers under consideration. " (d) PROHIBITION OF SERVICE ON CONSECUTIVE PROMOTION BOARDS.— No officer may be a member of two successive promotion boards convened under section 14101(a) of this title for the consideration of officers of the same competitive category and grade if the second of the two boards is to consider any officer who was considered and not recommended for promotion to the next higher grade by the first of the two boards. "Each member of a selection board convened under section 14101 of this title shall take an oath to perform the duties of a member of the board without prejudice or partiality, having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the member's armed force. "Except as otherwise authorized or required by law, the proceedings of a selection board convened under section 14101 of this title may not be disclosed to any person not a member of the board. "(a) REQUIRED NOTICE.— At least 30 days before a promotion board is convened under section 14101(a) of this title to consider officers in a grade and competitive category for promotion to the next higher grade, the Secretary concerned shall either (1) notify in writing the officers eligible for consideration by the board for promotion regarding the convening of the bosu'd, or (2) issue a general written notice to the armed force concerned regarding the convening of the board. "(b) CONTENT OF NOTICE. —^A notice xmder subsection (a) shall include the date on which the board is to convene and (except in the case of a vacancy promotion board) the name and date of rank of the junior officer, and of the senior officer, in the promotion zone as of the date of the notice. consideration "Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned, an officer eKgible for consideration by a promotion board convened under section 14101(a) of this title who is in the promotion zone or above the promotion zone, or who is to be considered by a vacancy promotion board, may send a written communication to the board calling attention to any matter concerning the officer which the officer considers important to the officer's case. Any such communication shall be sent so
 * "§ 14103. Oath of members
 * '§ 14104. Confidentiality of board proceedings
 * § 14105. Notice of convening of promotion board
 * § 14106. Commiinication with board by officers under

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