§14506 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

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Reserve officers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who are majors or lieutenant commanders, who have failed a promotion selection twice and who are not on a promotion recommendation list, must be taken off the reserve active‑status list unless they are kept under sections 12646, 12686, 14701, 14701a, or 14702. The removal happens on whichever is later: the first day of the month after the officer completes 20 years of commissioned service, or the first day of the seventh month after the Secretary publicly releases the promotion board’s results for the officer’s second consideration.

Title 10, §14506

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Unless retained as provided in section 12646, 12686, 14701, 14701a, or 14702 of this title, each reserve officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps who holds the grade of major or lieutenant commander who has failed of selection to the next higher grade for the second time and whose name is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the next higher grade shall, if not earlier removed from the reserve active-status list, be removed from that list in accordance with section 14513 of this title on the later of (1) the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 20 years of commissioned service, or (2) the first day of the seventh month after the month in which the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public.

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2024—Pub. L. 118–159, § 513(c)(3), inserted “14701a,” after “14701,”. Pub. L. 118–159, § 505(b)(6), substituted “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public” for “the President approves the report of the board which considered the officer for the second time”. 1999—Pub. L. 106–65 inserted “the later of (1)” after “in accordance with section 14513 of this title on” and “, or (2) the first day of the seventh month after the month in which the President approves the report of the board which considered the officer for the second time” before the period at end. 1996—Pub. L. 104–106 inserted comma after “Force” in section catchline.

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of 1999 Amendment Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title V, § 514(b), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 593, provided that: “The

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made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to removals of reserve officers from reserve active-status lists under section 14506 of title 10, United States Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 5, 1999].”

Effective Date

of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 104–106 effective as if included in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title XVI of Pub. L. 103–337, as enacted on Oct. 5, 1994, see section 1501(f)(3) of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note under section 113 of this title.

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Section 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.

§14506 Effect of failure of selection for promotion: reserve majors of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and reserve lieutenant commanders of the Navy

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