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[CITE: 10USC622]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
    CHAPTER 36--PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF 
                    OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST
 
                        SUBCHAPTER II--PROMOTIONS
 
Sec. 622. Numbers to be recommended for promotion

    Before convening a selection board under section 611(a) of this 
title for any grade and competitive category, the Secretary of the 
military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary of Defense, shall determine (1) the number of positions needed 
to accomplish mission objectives which require officers of such 
competitive category in the grade to which the board will recommend 
officers for promotion, (2) the estimated number of officers needed to 
fill vacancies in such positions during the period in which it is 
anticipated that officers selected for promotion will be promoted, and 
(3) the number of officers authorized by the Secretary of the military 
department concerned to serve on active duty in the grade and 
competitive category under consideration. Based on such determinations, 
the Secretary of the military department concerned shall determine the 
maximum number of officers in such competitive category which the 
selection board may recommend for promotion.

(Added Pub. L. 96-513, title I, Sec. 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2856.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 615 of this title.
