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Title 14, Coast GuardRelease 119-102

§2117 Selection Boards; Reports

Title 14 › SUBTITLE II — PERSONNEL › CHAPTER 21 — PERSONNEL; OFFICERS › SUBCHAPTER I — APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION › § 2117

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Each promotion board must send a written report, signed by every member, naming the officers it recommends for promotion and those it wants put first on the Secretary’s selectee list. The board must certify that, in its opinion, the recommended officers are the best qualified to meet the service’s needs under the Secretary’s directions and are chosen from the officers whose names were sent to the board. If the board has five members, a majority must agree; if it has more than five, at least two‑thirds must agree.

Full Legal Text

Title 14, §2117

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(a)Each board convened under section 2106 of this title shall submit a report in writing, signed by all the members thereof, containing the names of the officers recommended for promotion and the names of those officers recommended to be advanced to the top of the list of selectees established by the Secretary under section 2121(a) of this title.
(b)A board convened under section 2106 of this title shall certify that, in the opinion of at least a majority of the members if the board has five members, or in the opinion of at least two-thirds of the members if the board has more than five members, the officers recommended for promotion are the best qualified for promotion to meet the needs of the service (as noted in specific direction furnished the board by the Secretary under section 2115 of this title) of those officers whose names have been furnished to the board.

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Amendments

2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 260 of this title as this section. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2106” for “section 251” and “section 2121(a)” for “section 271(a)”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted “section 2106” for “section 251” and “section 2115” for “section 258”. 2010—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–281 inserted “to meet the needs of the service (as noted in specific direction furnished the board by the Secretary under section 258 of this title)” after “qualified for promotion”. 2002—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–295 inserted “and the names of those officers recommended to be advanced to the top of the list of selectees established by the Secretary under section 271(a) of this title” before period at end.

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14 U.S.C. § 2117

Title 14, Coast Guard

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102