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selected for promotion under this subsection unless he is fully qualified for promotion to the grade concerned." (58) Section 8373 is amended to read as follows: "§8373. Commissioned oflScers: Air Force Reserve; promotion to brigadier general and major general " (a) Officers of the Air Force Reserve may be promoted to the reserve grades of brigadier general and major general to fill vacancies in those grades. "(b) The Secretary of the Air Force rnay furnish the name of an officer of the Air Force Eeserve who is assigned to the duties of a general officer of the next higher reserve grade, and who meets standards to be prescribed by the Secretary, to a selection board for consideration for promotion to that grade. I n additionj the Secretary may furnish to the board for consideration for promotion to that grade the names of such additional officers of the Air Force Reserve in the reserve grade of colonel or brigadier general, as the case may be, who are assigned to the duties of a general officer of the next higher reserve grade, as he determines to be available and who meet standards prescribed by him. "(c) Of those officers considered under subsection (b), the selection board shall recommend the best qualified of those whom it determines to meet the standards prescribed by the Secretary and to be fully qualified for promotion. " (d) This section is not effective after June 30, 1964." (69) Section 8375 (aj is amended by striking out the words "to fill a vacancy" and inserting the words "under section 8373 or 8376 of this title" in place thereof. (60) Section 8376 is amended— (A) by striking out the words ", and who was promoted to that temporary grade under a general selection board procedure," in subsection (a); (B) by amending the first two sentences of subsection (c) to read as follows: "A reserve officer who is serving on active duty (other than for training) in a temporary grade that is higher than his reserve grade retains that temporary grade if he is released from active duty before completing the amount of service prescribed in section 8363(a) of this title or before applying for promotion under subsection (a). When he completes that amount of service and applies, or if, having completed that amount of service before being released from active duty, he applies, an officer covered by this subsection shall be promoted to the next higher reserve grade, without regard to vacancies."; (C) by adding the following new sentence at the end of subsection (c): "This subsection does not apply to promotion to the reserve grade of brigadier general or major general."; and (D) by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: " (d) A n officer who is released from active duty after being promoted to a reserve general officer grade under this section becomes subject to section 8375 of this title." (61) Section 8377(b) is amended by striking out the words ", except as provided in sections 1005 and 1006 of this title, be transferred to the Retired Reserve, if he is qualified and applies therefor, or be discharged from his reserve appointment" and inserting the words "be treated m the manner provided for deferred officers in section 8846 of this title" in place thereof. (62) Section 8380 is amended— (A^ by striking out the words "Except as provided in subsection (c), a" in subsection (b) and inserting the word " A " in place thereof;

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