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[CITE: 10USC623]

 
                         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. 623. Establishment of promotion zones

    (a) Before convening a selection board under section 611(a) of this 
title to consider officers for promotion to any grade above first 
lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade), the Secretary of the military 
department concerned shall establish a promotion zone for officers 
serving in each grade and competitive category to be considered by the 
board.
    (b) The secretary concerned shall determine the number of officers 
in the promotion zone for officers serving in any grade and competitive 
category from among officers who are eligible for promotion in that 
grade and competitive category. Such determination shall be made on the 
basis of an estimate of--
        (1) the number of officers needed in that competitive category 
    in the next higher grade in each of the next five years;
        (2) the number of officers to be serving in that competitive 
    category in the next higher grade in each of the next five years;
        (3) in the case of a promotion zone for officers to be promoted 
    to a grade to which section 523 of this title is applicable, the 
    number of officers authorized for such grade under such section to 
    be on active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal 
    years; and
        (4) the number of officers that should be placed in that 
    promotion zone in each of the next five years to provide to officers 
    in those years relatively similar opportunity 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 627 of this title.
