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PUBLIC LAW 86-559-JUNE 30, 1960

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" (j) At the end of the period during which his name is carried on the appropriate promotion list under subsection (h), or at any earlier time if he requests the promotion, an officer of the Army National Guard of the United States whose name is retained on the promotion list under that subsection shall, effective as of the last day of the period his name is so retained, or as of the date of his request, as the case may be, have his Federal recognition terminated, be transferred to the Army Reserve, and be promoted to the grade concerned. However, an officer may not be transferred and promoted under this subsection before the expiration of that period unless the governor or other appropriate authority of the State, Territory, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or the commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, whichever is concerned, approves that action." (13) Section 3366 is amended— (A) by amending the catchline to read as follows: "§3366. Commissioned officers: promotion of first lieutenants, captains, and majors; mandatory consideration"; (B) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: " (a) Without regard to vacancies, each officer of the Army Reserve in the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major, who is in an active status, who is not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, and who, while holding that grade, has not been considered by a selection board under this section or section 3367 of this title, and each reserve officer in such a grade who is on active duty (other than for training), and who has not been so considered, shall be considered for promotion to the next higher reserve grade far enough in advance of the date on which he will complete the service prescribed in columns 2 and 3 of the following table that, if recommended, he may be promoted effective on the date on which he will complete that service: "Column 1

Years of Years of service com- service computed under puted under sec. 3360(c) sec. 3360(b) of this title of this title

Current reserve grade

First lieutenant Captain Major

Column 3

Column 2

_

_

_.,

4 7 7

6 12 17";

(C) by inserting the following new subsection after subsection (a): " (b) Without regard to vacancies, each officer of an Army Reserve unit organized to serve as a unit, and each officer of the Army National Guard of the United States, who holds the reserve grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major and who has not been considered by a selection board under this section or section 3367 of this title, for promotion to the next higher reserve grade, shall be so considered far enough in advance of the date upon which he will complete the service prescribed in columns 2 and 3 of the table in subsection (a) that, if recommended, he may be promoted effective on the date on which he will complete that service."; (D) by redesignating present subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g) as " (c) ", " (d) ", " (e) ", " (f) ", " (g) ", and " (h) ", respectively; (E) by amending subsection (c), as redesignated, to read as follows: "(c) An officer recommended for promotion under this section may be promoted to fill a vacancy within the distribution of officers not

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