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10 U.S.C. § 621 — Competitive categories for promotion
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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department shall establish competitive categories for promotion. Each officer whose name appears on an active-duty list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
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Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department shall establish competitive categories for promotion. Each officer whose name appears on an active-duty list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
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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(2) Repealed.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) Authority To Designate Competitive Categories of Officers.—** Each Secretary of a military department may designate one or more competitive categories for promotion of officers under [section 621 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section621&num=0&edition=prelim) that are under the jurisdiction of such Secretary as a competitive category of officers whose promotion, retirement, and continuation on active duty shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter.
**(b) Limitation on Exercise of Authority.—** The Secretary of a military department may not designate a competitive category of officers for purposes of this subchapter until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the designation of the competitive category. The report on the designation of a competitive category shall set forth the following:
(1) A detailed description of officer requirements for officers within the competitive category.
(2) An explanation of the number of opportunities for consideration for promotion to each particular grade, and an estimate of promotion timing, within the competitive category.
(3) An estimate of the size of the promotion zone for each grade within the competitive category.
(4) A description of any other matters the Secretary considered in determining to designate the competitive category for purposes of this subchapter.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 621
1994—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103–337, § 1624, as amended
by Pub. L. 104–106, added subsec. (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–106 effective as if included
in the Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act, title
XVI of Pub. L. 103–337, as enacted on Oct. 5, 1994, see
section 1501(f)(3) of Pub. L. 104–106, set out as a note
under section 113 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Oct. 1, 1996,
see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note
under section 10001 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.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
TRANSITION PROVISIONS UNDER DEFENSE OFFICER
PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT ACT
Regulations prescribed under this section applicable
to establishment of initial active-duty lists, see section
621(a) of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as a note under section
611 of this title.
§ 621. Competitive categories for promotion
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary
of Defense, the
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