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 1186 Promotion zone.

Date of r a n k upon promotion.

Minimum points.

Qualifications.

Failure of s election and elimination.

PUBLIC LAW 7 7 3 - S E P T. 3, 1954

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SEC. 607. Subject to the provisions of section 202 of title II of this Act— (a) an officer of the Reserve shall be deemed to be in the promotion zone when his running mate is in the promotion zone and shall then become eligible for consideration by a selection board for promotion to the next higher grade at approximately the same time as his running mate is considered for promotion; and (b) an officer whose name is on a promotion list, shall, unless his promotion is withheld pursuant to applicable laws or regulations, be tendered an appointment in the next higher grade at the same time, or as soon thereafter as practicable, as a similar appointment is tendered to his running mate. SEC. 608. When an officer of the Reserve is promoted to the next higher grade under the provisions of this Act either for temporary service or for service in permanent grade, he shall be assigned the same date of rank as that assigned to his running mate for either and/or both types of service and shall be allowed the pay and allowances of the higher grade for duty performed from the date his running mate became entitled to such pay and allowances. SEC. 609. No officer of the Reserve shall receive consideration for promotion or be promoted under any provision of law unless he has attained the minimum number of points prescribed by the Secretary. Such number of points shall not exceed fifty points per anniversary year. SEC. 610. (a) No officer of the Coast Guard Reserve shall be promoted to a higher grade until he has been found to be mentally, morally, professionally, and physically qualified therefor. (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not exclude from the promotion to which he would otherwise be regularly entitled any Reserve officer in whose case a medical board may report that his physical disqualification for duty at sea or in the field was occasioned by wounds received in the line of duty, and that such wounds do not incapacitate him for other duties in the grade to which he shall be promoted. SEC. 611. (a) A Reserve officer not above the grade of lieutenant after failing of selection for promotion to the next higher grade for a second time may be retained in or eliminated from an active status in the discretion of the Secretary. Other Reserve officers whose names are not on a promotion list after failing of selection for promotion to the next higher grade a second time shall be given an opportunity to apply for transfer to the Retired Reserve if qualified, but unless so transferred shall be discharged on June 30 of the fiscal year in which they have completed the following periods of total commissioned service for the grades specified: Grade

Captain Commander Lieutenant Commander

Total Commissioned service

30 years 26 years 20 years

For the purposes of this subsection, the total commissioned service of an officer who shall have served continuously in the Coast Guard Reserve following appointment therein in the grade or rank of ensign shall be computed from June 30 of the fiscal year in which he accepted appointment. Each Reserve officer initially appointed in a grade above that of ensign shall be deemed to have for these purposes, as much total commissioned service as any officer of the Regular Coast Guard who has served continuously since original appointment as ensign, has not lost numbers or precedence and who is, or shall have been, junior to such Reserve officer, except that the total commissioned

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