Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§15101 Officers in Designated Competitive Categories

Title 10 › Subtitle E — Reserve Components › PART III — PROMOTION AND RETENTION OF OFFICERS ON THE RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST › CHAPTER 1413 — ALTERNATIVE PROMOTION AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS IN DESIGNATED COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES › § 15101

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each military service secretary can create one or more officer groups whose promotions, retirements, and staying on the reserve active list will follow the rules in this part of the law. A secretary cannot make a group official until 60 days after sending a report to the Senate and House Armed Services Committees. The report must describe the officers needed for the group, how many promotion chances and when they would occur, the estimated size of the promotion pool for each rank, and any other factors the secretary considered.

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Title 10, §15101

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Authority to Designate Competitive Categories of Officers.—

Each Secretary of a military department may designate one or more competitive categories for promotion of officers under section 14005 of this title that are under the jurisdiction of such Secretary as a competitive category of officers whose promotion, retirement, and continuation on the reserve active-status list shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(b)Limitation on Exercise of Authority.—

The Secretary of a military department may not designate a competitive category of officers for purposes of this chapter until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the designation of the competitive category. The report on the designation of a competitive category shall set forth the following:

(1)A detailed description of officer requirements for officers within the competitive category.

(2)An explanation of the number of opportunities for consideration for promotion to each particular grade, and an estimate of promotion timing, within the competitive category.

(3)An estimate of the size of the promotion zone for each grade within the competitive category.

(4)A description of any other matters the Secretary considered in determining to designate the competitive category for purposes of this chapter.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 15101

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110