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10 U.S.C. § 614 — Notice of convening of selection boards
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**(a)** At least 30 days before a selection board is convened under [section 611(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section611/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to recommend officers in a grade for promotion to the next higher grade, the Secretary concerned (1) shall notify in writing the officers eligible for consideration for promotion of the date on which the board is to convene and the name and date of rank of the junior officer, and of the senior officer, in the promotion zone as of the date of the notification, or (2) shall issue a general written notice to the armed force concerned regarding the convening of the board which shall include the convening date of the board and the name and date of rank of the junior officer, and of the senior officer, in the promotion zone as of the date of the notification.
**(b)** An officer eligible for consideration by a selection board convened under [section 611(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section611/a&num=0&edition=prelim) may send a written communication to the board, to arrive not later than 10 calendar days before the date the board convenes, calling attention to any matter concerning himself that the officer considers important to his case. The selection board shall give consideration to any timely communication under this subsection.
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**(a)** At least 30 days before a selection board is convened under [section 611(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section611/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to recommend officers in a grade for promotion to the next higher grade, the Secretary concerned (1) shall notify in writing the officers eligible for consideration for promotion of the date on which the board is to convene and the name and date of rank of the junior officer, and of the senior officer, in the promotion zone as of the date of the notification, or (2) shall issue a general written notice to the armed force concerned regarding the convening of the board which shall include the convening date of the board and the name and date of rank of the junior officer, and of the senior officer, in the promotion zone as of the date of the notification.
**(b)** An officer eligible for consideration by a selection board convened under [section 611(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section611/a&num=0&edition=prelim) may send a written communication to the board, to arrive not later than 10 calendar days before the date the board convenes, calling attention to any matter concerning himself that the officer considers important to his case. The selection board shall give consideration to any timely communication under this subsection.
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**(a)**
(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations governing information furnished to selection boards convened under section 611(a) or 20211 of this title. Those regulations shall apply uniformly among the military departments. Any regulations prescribed by the Secretary of a military department to supplement those regulations may not take effect without the approval of the Secretary of Defense in writing.
(2) No information concerning a particular eligible officer may be furnished to a selection board except for the following:
(A) Information that is in the officer’s official military personnel file and that is provided to the selection board in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to paragraph (1).
(B) Other information that is determined by the Secretary of the military department concerned, after review by that Secretary in accordance with standards and procedures set out in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to paragraph (1), to be substantiated, relevant information that could reasonably and materially affect the deliberations of the selection board.
(C) Subject to such limitations as may be prescribed in those regulations, information communicated to the board by the officer in accordance with this section, [section 614(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section614/b&num=0&edition=prelim) (including any comment on information referred to in subparagraph (A) regarding that officer), or other applicable law.
(D) A factual summary of the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) that, in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to paragraph (1), is prepared by administrative personnel for t
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Subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned, an officer eligible for consideration by a promotion board convened under [section 14101(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14101/a&num=0&edition=prelim) who is in the promotion zone or above the promotion zone, or who is to be considered by a vacancy promotion board, may send a written communication to the board calling attention to any matter concerning the officer which the officer considers important to the officer’s case. Any such communication shall be sent so as to arrive not later than 10 calendar days before the date on which the board convenes. The board shall give consideration to any timely communication under this section.
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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**(a) Information to Be Furnished to Congressional Committees.—** The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall provide to the congressional defense committees information on the results of each flight test of the ground-based midcourse national missile defense system.
**(b) Content.—** Information provided under subsection (a) on the results of a flight test shall include the following matters:
(1) A thorough discussion of the content and objectives of the test.
(2) For each such test objective, a statement regarding whether or not the objective was achieved.
(3) For any such test objective not achieved—
(A) a thorough discussion describing the reasons that the objective was not achieved; and
(B) a discussion of any plans for future tests to achieve that objective.
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**(a) Program.—** The Administrator shall carry out a program under which the Administrator establishes a policy research consortium of institutions of higher education and nonprofit entities in support of implementing and innovating the defense nuclear policy programs of the Administration. The Administrator shall establish and carry out such program in a manner similar to the program established under section 6338.
**(b) Purposes.—** The purposes of the consortium under subsection (a) are as follows:
(1) To shape the formulation and application of policy through the conduct of research and analysis regarding defense nuclear policy programs.
(2) To maintain open-source databases on issues relevant to understanding defense nuclear nonproliferation, arms control, nuclear deterrence, foreign nuclear programs, and nuclear security.
(3) To facilitate the collaboration of research centers of excellence relating to defense nuclear policy to better distribute expertise to specific issues and scenarios regarding such threats.
**(c) Duties.—**
(1) The Administrator shall ensure that the consortium established under subsection (a) provides support to individuals described in paragraph (2) through the use of nongovernmental fellowships, scholarships, research internships, workshops, short courses, summer schools, and research grants.
(2) The individuals described in this paragraph are graduate students, academics, and policy specialists, who are focused on policy innovation related to—
(A) defense nuclear nonproliferation;
(B) arms control;
(C) nuclear deterrence;
(D) the study of foreign nuclear programs;
(E) nuclear security; or
(F) educating and training the next generation of defense nuclear policy experts.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 613
402 [amending this section and sections 615 and 618 of
this title] shall take effect with respect to selection
boards convened under section 611(a) of title 10, United
States Code, after the end of the 120-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 1,
1986].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–86 effective Sept. 15, 1981,
see section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97–86, set out as a note
under section 101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to
prescribe regulations under this section effective on
Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as
an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under sec-
tion 101 of this title.
§ 613. Oath of members of selection boards
Each member of a selection board shall swear
that he will perform his duties as a member of
the board without prejudice or partiality and
having in view both the special fitness of offi-
cers and the efficiency of his armed force.
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980,
94 Stat. 2851.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to
prescribe regulations under this section effective on
Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as
an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under sec-
tion 101 of this title.
§ 613a. Nondisclosure of board proceedings
(a) PROHIBITION
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The pro-
ceedings of a selection board convened under
section 573, 611, 628, or 20211 of this title may not
be disclosed to any person not a member of the
board, except as authorized or required to proc-
ess the report of the board. This prohibition is a
statutory exemption from disclosure
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