United States Code
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§ 3743.
Eligibility for promotion
(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b), a Reserve officer is eligible for consideration for promotion and for promotion under this subchapter if that officer is in an active status.
(b)
A Reserve officer who has been considered but not recommended for retention in an active status by a board convened under subsection 3752(a) 1 of this title is not eligible for consideration for promotion.
1
So in original. Probably should be “section 3752(a)”.(c)
(1)
The Commandant may provide that an officer may, upon the officer’s request and with the approval of the Commandant, be excluded from consideration by a selection board convened under section 3740(b) of this title to consider officers for promotion to the next higher grade.
(2)
The Commandant shall approve a request under paragraph (1) only if—
(A)
the basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, another assignment of significant value to the Coast Guard, a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment or education, or a qualifying personal or professional circumstance, as determined by the Commandant;
(B)
the Commandant determines the exclusion from consideration is in the best interest of the Coast Guard; and
(C)
the officer has not previously failed of selection for promotion to the grade for which the officer requests the exclusion from consideration.
(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980 , 94 Stat. 1011, § 732; renumbered § 3743 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 118(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4233, 4240; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8202(b), Jan. 1, 2021 , 134 Stat. 4643.)
cite as: 14 USC 3743
