Us Code § 2107 - Selection boards; composition of boards
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§ 2107. Selection boards; composition of boards
A board convened under section 2106 of this title shall consist of five or more officers on the active duty promotion list who are serving in or above the grade to which the board may recommend officers for promotion. No officer may be a member of two successive boards convened to consider officers of the same grade for promotion.
(Added Pub. L. 88–130, §1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 179, §252; renumbered §2107 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, §123(b)(2), substituted "section 2106" for "section 251".
Pub. L. 115–282, §112(b), renumbered section 252 of this title as this section.
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