§2115 — Title 14 Coast Guard | U.S. Code

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The Secretary must give the promotion selection board certain information. The board must get the number of officers it may recommend, the names and service records of everyone eligible for the grade being filled, and—when an officer is up for promotion above lieutenant—any believable negative information about that officer. That negative information includes proven findings from official investigations and any notes put in the officer’s personnel file under section 1745(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The Secretary sets the rules for how that information is given. The Secretary can also give the board extra guidance about Coast Guard needs. That can include asking for officers with specific skills or for a minimum number in a specialty, and any other direction the Secretary thinks helpful. Any selections made because of that guidance must not go past the allowed limit for picking officers from below the announced promotion zone.

Title 14, §2115

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(a)The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under section 2106 of this title with—

(1)the number of officers that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade;

(2)the names and records of all officers who are eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion; and

(3)in the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion to a rank above lieutenant, any credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry and any information placed in the personnel service record of the officer under section 1745(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; 10 U.S.C. 1561 note), shall be furnished to the selection board in accordance with standards and procedures set out in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary.

(b)(1)In addition to the information provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may furnish the selection board—

(A)specific direction relating to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers having particular skills, including direction relating to the need for a minimum number of officers with particular skills within a specialty; and

(B)any other guidance that the Secretary believes may be necessary to enable the board to properly perform its functions.

(2)Selections made based on the direction and guidance provided under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum percentage of officers who may be selected from below the announced promotion zone at any given selection board convened under section 2106 of this title.

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2022—Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–263 added par. (3). 2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 258 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2106” for “section 251” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2106” for “section 251”. 2010—Pub. L. 111–281 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “with—” for “with:” in introductory provisions, and added subsec. (b). 1996—Cl. (2). Pub. L. 104–324 struck out “, with identification of those officers who are in the promotion zone” after “officers for promotion”. 1966—Pub. L. 89–444 substituted “officers who are eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion” for “officers to be considered by the board” in cl. 2.

§2115 Selection boards; information to be furnished boards

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Title 14, §2115

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