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PUBLIC LAW 773-SEPT. 3, 1954

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he shall submit the officer's name to the Secretary of the Army for consideration by a selection board for promotion to the next higher grade. (c) I n order to be eligible for consideration by a selection board for promotion to general officer grade in the Army Reserve the officer, in addition to meeting the other requirements of this Act, shall have fulfilled such minimum standards as shall be prescribed by the Secretary. (d) The names of the officers who fulfill the requirements of this section and section 306 shall be submitted for consideration for promotion to a selection board appointed and convened at least once annually by the Secretary. This selection board shall recommend the officer deemed best qualified to fill each vacancy. An officer recommended by the board may be immediately promoted to fill the unit vacancy for which considered. SUBTITLE D—OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES EXAMINATION FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION UPON UNIT VACANCY PROMOTION

SEC. 319. Each officer of the National Guard of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia who is promoted to fill a vacancy in a federally recognized unit thereof authorized under section 307(a) and who is eligible under section 306(b) shall be examined for Federal recognition in the higher grade. Any officer in the grade of second lieutenant or first lieutenant who has served creditably in a unit vacancy prescribed for a captain for twelve months or more may be examined for Federal recognition in the next higher grade without regard to the requirements of section 306, provided the officer has not previously been federally recognized under this provision. AUTOMATIC FEDERAL RECOGNITION

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SEC. 320. Notwithstanding section 319 of this Act and section 75 ^^ *^^^ National Defense Act, as amended— (1) an officer of the National Guard of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia in the grade of second lieutenant who is promoted to first lieutenant to fill an authorized vacancy in a unit thereof shall be automatically extended Federal recognition in the higher grade effective on the date he completes three years of promotion service or the date of the promotion, whichever is later; and (2) an officer of the Army Reserve in a grade above second lieutenant who is appointed in the next higher grade in the National Guard of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to fill an authorized unit vacancy shall be automatically extended Federal recognition in the higher grade effective on the date of appointment if he has been recommended for promotion to the higher grade under the provisions of sections 309, 310, 312, or 317, and has remained in an active status since being recommended. PROMOTION TO HIGHER GRADE I N THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES

SEC. 321. An officer in the National Guard of the United States extended Federal recognition to a higher grade under sections 319 or 320 may be promoted to the higher grade effective on the date of extension of Federal recognition.

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