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 94 STAT. 1010

14 USC 211 et

14 USC 729.

14 USC 260. Report to Review"

PUBLIC LAW 96-322—AUG. 4, 1980

officer shall be included in the grade distribution authorized by this subchapter. "(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a Reserve officer who has been selected for promotion to the next higher grade under this subchapter at the time the officer reports for active duty, shall be promoted to that grade under chapter 11 of this title. "(c) A Reserve officer who, at the time the officer is released from active duty, has been selected for promotion to the next higher grade under chapter 11 of this title, shall be promoted to that grade as though selected under this subchapter. "(d) A failure of selection for promotion to the next higher grade occurring under this subchapter or under chapter 11 of this title shall count for all purposes. "§729. Promotion; recommendations of selection boards "(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, a Reserve officer shall only be promoted pursuant to the recommendation of a selection board. "(b) The Secretary shall convene selection boards from time to time to recommend Reserve officers for promotion to the next higher grade. A board may be convened to consider officers in one or more grades. "(c) A selection board shall, from among the names of those eligible Reserve officers submitted to it, recommend for promotion to the next higher grade: "(1) those officers serving in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) or above whom it considers to be best qualified; and "(2) those officers serving in the grade of ensign whom it considers to be fully qualified. "(d) Before convening a selection board to recommend Reserve officers for promotion to a grade above lieutenant (junior grade), the Secretary shall determine the total number of Reserve officers to be selected for promotion to that grade. The number to be selected shall normally be equal to the number of vacancies existing in that grade, plus the number of vacancies anticipated over the next twelve months, minus the number of officers on the list of selectees for that grade. The Secretary may, however, prescribe regulations that provide for the establishment of promotion opportunity percentages for each grade to ensure that equitable promotion opportunities exist among successive groups of Reserve officers being considered for promotion. The number so determined may not cause the number of Reserve officers in an active status in a grade to exceed that authorized for the grade concerned. "(e) The law and regulations relating to the selection for promotion of a commissioned officer of the Regular Coeist Guard to the grade of rear admiral apply to a Reserve officer, except that to be eligible for consideration an officer shall have completed at least ten years commissioned service, of which the last five years shall have been served in the Coast Guard Reserve. "(f) The provisions of section 260 of this title apply to boards convened under this section. The Secretary shall determine the procedure to be used by a selection board. "(g) The report of a selection board shall be submitted to the Secretary for review and transmission to the President for approval. When an officer recommended by a board for promotion is not acceptable to the President, the President may remove the name of that officer from the report of the board.

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