14-U.S.C.-739
§739 – Failure of Selection For Promotion
Pathway
Title 14 > Part II > Chapter 21 > Subchapter B > Commissioned Officers – Section 739
Details
- Reference: Commissioned Officers – Section 739
- Legend: §739 – Failure of Selection For Promotion
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) A Reserve officer, other than one serving in the grade of captain, who is, or is senior to, the junior officer in the promotion zone established for the officers grade, fails of selection if not selected for promotion by the selection board that considered the officer, or if having been selected for promotion by the board, the officers name is thereafter removed from the report of the board by the President.
(b) A Reserve officer is not considered to have failed of selection if the officer was not considered by a selection board because of administrative error. If that officer is selected by the next appropriate selection board after the error is discovered, and is promoted, the same date of rank and precedence shall be assigned that would have been assigned if the officer had been recommended for promotion by the selection board that originally would have considered the officer but for the error.
(Added Pub. L. 96–322, §1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1013.)
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 796 of this title prior to the complete revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 96–322.
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