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[CITE: 10USC604]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER 35--TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS IN OFFICER GRADES
 
Sec. 604. Senior joint officer positions: recommendations to the 
        Secretary of Defense
        
    (a) Joint 4-Star Officer Positions.--(1) Whenever a vacancy occurs, 
or is anticipated to occur, in a position specified in subsection (b)--
        (A) the Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary of the 
    Army to submit the name of at least one Army officer, the Secretary 
    of the Navy to submit the name of at least one Navy officer and the 
    name of at least one Marine Corps officer, and the Secretary of the 
    Air Force to submit the name of at least one Air Force officer for 
    consideration by the Secretary for recommendation to the President 
    for appointment to that position; and
        (B) the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff may submit to the 
    Secretary of Defense the name of one or more officers (in addition 
    to the officers whose names are submitted pursuant to subparagraph 
    (A)) for consideration by the Secretary for recommendation to the 
    President for appointment to that position.

    (2) Whenever the Secretaries of the military departments are 
required to submit the names of officers under paragraph (1)(A), the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Secretary of 
Defense the Chairman's evaluation of the performance of each officer 
whose name is submitted under that paragraph (and of any officer whose 
name the Chairman submits to the Secretary under paragraph (1)(B) for 
consideration for the same vacancy). The Chairman's evaluation shall 
primarily consider the performance of the officer as a member of the 
Joint Staff and in other joint duty assignments, but may include 
consideration of other aspects of the officer's performance as the 
Chairman considers appropriate.
    (b) Covered Positions.--Subsection (a) applies to the following 
positions:
        (1) Commander of a combatant command.
        (2) Commander, United States Forces, Korea.
        (3) Deputy commander, United States European Command, but only 
    if the commander of that command is also the Supreme Allied 
    Commander, Europe.

    (c) Expiration.--This section shall cease to be effective at the end 
of September 30, 2003.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title IV, Sec. 405(c)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 
108 Stat. 2745; amended Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title IV, Sec. 404(a), 
Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2506; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 509(a), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 592.)


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``September 30, 2003'' 
for ``September 30, 2000''.
    1996--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-201 substituted ``September 30, 
2000'' for ``September 30, 1997''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 525 of this title.
