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PUBLIC LAW 379-MAY 29, 1954

performance of duty in their present grades. The case of a warrant officer so reported shall be governed by section 15 of this Act. (b) The names of warrant officers who are selected for promotion shall be arranged in the report of the board in the order of their seniority in permanent warrant officer grade. The report of the selection board shall be submitted to the Secretary for his approval or disapproval in whole or in part. (c) If prior to his appointment to the next higher grade the promotion of a warrant officer be disapproved by the Secretary, the President, or the Senate his name shall be removed from the list of officers who were selected for promotion by that board and his case shall be governed by section 11(c) of this Act. EFFECTIVE DATE OF APPOINTMENT ON PROMOTION

SEC. 11. (a) A permanent warrant officer of the regular service who has been selected for promotion to the next higher permanent warrant officer grade by the first selection board which considered him for promotion to that grade, and who has met such qualifications as the Secretary may have prescribed under section 7 of this Act, shall be appointed to that higner permanent warrant officer grade. The date of his appointment thereto shall be the day after the date he completes the service prescribed in section 9(a) of this Act. (b) A permanent warrant officer of the regular service who has previously failed of selection for promotion to the next higher permanent warrant officer grade, but who has been selected for promotion to that grade by a later selection board and has met such qualifications as the Secretary may have prescribed under section 7 of this Act, shall be appointed to that higher permanent warrant officer grade. The date of his appointment thereto shall be one of the following dates, whichever is the earlier— (1) that date which is one year after the date upon which such appointment would have been effective had he been selected for promotion by the last selection board which failed to select him; or (2) the earliest date on which any warrant officer who has not so failed of selection and whose name follows his on the list submitted to the Secretary under section 10(b) of this Act, is promoted to such higher grade. (c) A permanent warrant officer of the regular service whose name, in accordance with section 10(c) of this Act, has been removed from the list of officers who are selected for promotion shall continue to be eligible for consideration for promotion and— (1) if the next ensuing selection board recommends such a warrant officer for promotion, his name, without prejudice by reason of its having been removed therefrom, shall be replaced on the list from which it was removed. When he is promoted, the date of his appointment shall be the same as if his name had not been so removed; but (2) if such warrant officer is not selected for promotion by the next ensuing selection board, or if his name, in accordance, with section 10(c) of this Act, is again removed from the list of officers who are selected for promotion by the next ensuing selection board, his case shall be governed by section 13 of this Act as if he had twice failed of selection for promotion. F A I L U R E TO MEET MORAL AND P R OF E S S I O N A L QUALIFICATIONS

SEC. 12. A permanent warrant officer of the regular service who has been selected for promotion to the next higher grade, but who, within

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