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[CITE: 10USC14101]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
  PART III--PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-
                               STATUS LIST
 
                     CHAPTER 1403--SELECTION BOARDS
 
Sec. 14101. Convening of selection boards

    (a) Promotion Boards.--(1) Whenever the needs of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps require, the Secretary concerned shall convene a 
selection board to recommend for promotion to the next higher grade, 
under chapter 1405 of this title, officers on the reserve active-status 
list of that armed force in a permanent grade from first lieutenant 
through brigadier general or, in the case of the Naval Reserve, 
lieutenant (junior grade) through rear admiral (lower half). A selection 
board convened under this subsection shall be known as a ``promotion 
board''.
    (2) A promotion board convened to recommend reserve officers of the 
Army or reserve officers of the Air Force for promotion (A) to fill a 
position vacancy under section 14315 of this title, or (B) to the grade 
of brigadier general or major general, shall be known as a ``vacancy 
promotion board''. Any other promotion board convened under this 
subsection shall be known as a ``mandatory promotion board''.
    (b) Continuation Boards.--Whenever the needs of the Army, Navy, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps require, the Secretary concerned may convene a 
selection board to recommend officers of that armed force--
        (1) for continuation on the reserve active-status list under 
    section 14701 of this title;
        (2) for selective early removal from the reserve active-status 
    list under section 14704 of this title; or
        (3) for selective early retirement under section 14705 of this 
    title.

A selection board convened under this subsection shall be known as a 
``continuation board''.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 
Stat. 2924; amended Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title V, Sec. 514(a), Nov. 
18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1732.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 105-85 struck out ``(except in the 
case of a board convened to consider officers as provided in section 
14301(e) of this title)'' before ``be known as a `vacancy promotion 
board'.''


                             Effective Date

    Chapter effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 
103-337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 14102, 14103, 14104, 14105, 
14106, 14107, 14108, 14109, 14110, 14301, 14304, 14305, 14306, 14307, 
14308, 14312, 14315, 14316, 14317, 14501, 14502, 14701, 14704, 14705 of 
this title.
