Us Code § 2130 - Promotion to certain grades for officers with critical skills: captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant
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§ 2130. Promotion to certain grades for officers with critical skills: captain, commander, lieutenant commander, lieutenant
(a)
(b)
(1) has a skill in which the Coast Guard has a critical shortage of personnel (as determined by the Secretary); and
(2) is serving in a position (as determined by the Secretary) that—
(A) is designated to be held by a lieutenant, lieutenant commander, commander, or captain; and
(B) requires that an officer serving in such position have the skill possessed by such officer.
(c)
(1) The temporary positions authorized under this section shall not be counted among or included in the list of positions on the active duty promotion list.
(2) An appointment under this section does not change the position on the active duty list or the permanent, probationary, or acting status of the officer so appointed, prejudice the officer in regard to other promotions or appointments, or abridge the rights or benefits of the officer.
(d)
(e)
(f)
(1) on the date the officer who received the appointment is promoted to the permanent grade of lieutenant, lieutenant commander, commander, or captain;
(2) on the date the officer is detached from a position described in subsection (b)(2), unless the officer is on a promotion list to the permanent grade of lieutenant, lieutenant commander, commander, or captain, in which case the appointment terminates on the date the officer is promoted to that grade;
(3) when the appointment officer determines that the officer who received the appointment has engaged in misconduct or has displayed substandard performance; or
(4) when otherwise determined by the Commandant to be in the best interests of the Coast Guard.
(g)
(1) As lieutenant, 0.5 percent.
(2) As lieutenant commander, 3.0 percent.
(3) As commander, 2.6 percent.
(4) As captain, 2.6 percent.
(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], §8203(a), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4643.)
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