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(b) A Reserve officer serving on active duty in a temporary grade higher than his permanent grade, who was promoted to that temporary grade under any procedure, and who is released from active duty before completing the promotion service in grade prescribed in section 506(b) of this title, shall retain that temporary grade. After completing that prescribed promotion service in grade, an officer of the Air Force Reserve shall, upon application, be promoted to the next higher permanent grade without regard to vacancies in that grade. (c) An officer of the Air National Guard of the United States who is appointed to a temporary grade under subsection (b) shall, if promoted to the same grade in the Air National Guard of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, whichever is concerned, be extended Federal recognition in that grade, without the examination prescribed by section 75 of the National Defense Act, as amended, and if necessary be carried as an additional number therein until a vacancy occurs, but not to exceed two years. If such a vacancy does not occur within two years, his Federal recognition shall be terminated, and he shall be transferred to the Air Force Reserve. (d) This section applies only to officers who have performed active duty in a higher temporary grade since June 26, 1950. SEC. 515. (a) A female Reserve officer appointed under section 310 of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U.S.C. 627i) may not be promoted to a grade above lieutenant colonel. (b) A female Reserve officer designated as a nurse or woman medical specialist in the grade of captain or higher may be promoted only to fill an authorized vacancy in her category. (c) A female Reserve officer who is in the grade of major, and who was appointed under section 310 of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U. S- C. 627i), may be promoted only to fill an authorized vacancy in her category. (d) The Secretary shall furnish to selection boards the names of female Reserve officers to be considered under this section for promotion to grades above captain, and shall direct the board to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to the appropriate grade. The board shall recommend the prescribed number of those officers whom it considers to be the best qualified of those named for consideration. SEC. 516. Based upon the number of actual and anticipated vacancies in the Air Force Reserve in the grade of colonel, the Secretary shall furnish to a selection board the names of officers of the Air Force Reserve to be considered for promotion and shall direct the board to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to that grade. Each list furnished shall include— (1) the name of the senior officer in the grade of lieutenant colonel whose name is not on a recommended list for promotion; and (2) the names of such additional officers as the Secretary may prescribe, in order of their seniority. The board shall recommend the prescribed number of those officers which it considers to be the best qualified of those named for consideration. A Reserve officer recommended for promotion under this section may be promoted only to fill a vacancy. SEC. 517. (a) Based upon the number of actual and anticipated vacancies in the grades of major general or brigadier general, as the case may be, in the Air Force Reserve the Secretary shall furnish to a selection board names of officers of the Air Force Reserve in the grade of brigadier general or colonel, respectively, to be considered for promotion under this title and shall direct the board to recom-

48 Stat. 158. 32 USC 113.

Female officers. 62 Stat. 374; 66 Stat. 506.

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