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§2115 Selection Boards; Information to Be Furnished Boards

Title 14 › Subtitle SUBTITLE II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 21— PERSONNEL; OFFICERS › Subchapter I— APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION › § 2115

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must give the promotion board the number of officers it may recommend and the names and records of all officers eligible. For officers up for ranks above lieutenant, the Secretary must also give any credible adverse information, including proven investigation findings and items added to personnel records under section 1745(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, under regulations. The Secretary may give guidance on needed skills or minimums in a specialty. Promotions made for that reason must not exceed the allowed percentage of officers chosen from below the announced promotion zone at any board.

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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.

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14 U.S.C. § 2115

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Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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