Title 14 of the U.S. Code § 2110 - Number of officers to be selected for promotion
Full text of § 2110 from Title 14 of the United States Code.
§ 2110. Number of officers to be selected for promotion
Before convening a board under section 2106 of this title to recommend officers for promotion to any grade, the Secretary shall determine the total number of officers to be selected for promotion to that grade. This number shall be equal to the number of vacancies existing in the grade, plus the number of additional vacancies estimated for the next twelve months, less the number of officers on the selection list for the grade.
(Added Pub. L. 88–130, §1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 179, §255; renumbered §2110 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 255 of this title as this section.
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