10-U.S.C.-625
§625 – Authority to Vacate Promotions to Grades of Brigadier General and Rear Admiral (Lower Half)
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Title 10 > Subtitle A > Part II > Chapter 36 > Subchapter II > Section 625
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- Reference: Section 625
- Legend: §625 – Authority to Vacate Promotions to Grades of Brigadier General and Rear Admiral (Lower Half)
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) The President may vacate the promotion to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) of an officer who has served less than 18 months in that grade after promotion to that grade under this chapter.
(b) An officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps whose promotion is vacated under this section holds the regular grade of colonel, if he is a regular officer, or the reserve grade of colonel, if he is a reserve officer. An officer of the Navy whose promotion is vacated under this section holds the regular grade of captain, if he is a regular officer, or the reserve grade of captain, if he is a reserve officer.
(c) The position on the active-duty list of an officer whose promotion is vacated under this section is the position he would have held had he not been promoted to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half).
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, §105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2858; amended Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, §405(b)(1), (4)(A), Dec. 1, 1981, 95 Stat. 1105; Pub. L. 99–145, title V, §514(b)(1), (4)(A), Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 628.)
Amendments
1985—Pub. L. 99–145 substituted rear admiral (lower half) for commodore in section catchline and subsecs. (a) and (c).
1981—Pub. L. 97–86 substituted commodore for commodore admiral in section catchline and subsecs. (a) and (c).
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–86 effective Sept. 15, 1981, see section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97–86, set out as a note under section 101 of this title.
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