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10 U.S.C. § 20236 — Competitive categories
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**(a) Requirement to Establish Competitive Categories for Promotion.—** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish at least one competitive category for promotion for officers on the Space Force officer list. Each officer whose name appears on the Space Force officer list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
**(b) Single Competitive Category for Promotion to General Officer Grades.—** The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a single competitive category for all officers on the Space Force officer list who will be considered by a selection board convened under [section 20211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20211&num=0&edition=prelim) for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general.
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**(a) Requirement to Establish Competitive Categories for Promotion.—** Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish at least one competitive category for promotion for officers on the Space Force officer list. Each officer whose name appears on the Space Force officer list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
**(b) Single Competitive Category for Promotion to General Officer Grades.—** The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a single competitive category for all officers on the Space Force officer list who will be considered by a selection board convened under [section 20211 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20211&num=0&edition=prelim) for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general.
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**(a) In General.—** Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the Air Force shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher permanent grade officers of the Space Force in each permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general.
**(b) Exception for Officers in Grade of First Lieutenant.—** Subsection (a) does not require the convening of a selection board in the case of Space Force officers in the permanent grade of first lieutenant when the Secretary of the Air Force recommends for promotion to the grade of captain under [section 20239(c)(4)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20239/c/4/A&num=0&edition=prelim) all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified for promotion.
**(c) Selection Boards for Early Retirement or Discharge.—** The Secretary of the Air Force may convene selection boards to recommend officers for early retirement under [section 20404(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20404/a&num=0&edition=prelim) or for discharge under [section 20404(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20404/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Regulations.—** The convening of selection boards under subsection (a) shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Defense.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 20237
from a reserve component before the first day of
the sixth fiscal year beginning after the date of
the enactment of this section, and who, as of the
date of the transfer, is serving in the grade of
major, lieutenant colonel, or colonel or, in the
case of the Navy or Coast Guard, lieutenant
commander, commander, or captain.
(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c),
Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 642.)
Editorial Notes
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The date of the enactment of this section, referred to
in subsec. (g), is the date of enactment of Pub. L. 118–31,
which was approved Dec. 22, 2023.
§ 20234. Opportunities for consideration for pro-
motion
(a) SPECIFICATION
OF NUMBER
OF OPPORTUNI-
TIES
FOR CONSIDERATION
FOR PROMOTION.—The
Secretary of the Air Force shall specify the
number of opportunities for consideration for
promotion to be afforded to Space Force officers
for promotion to each grade above the grade of
captain.
(b) LIMITED AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF THE
AIR FORCE
TO MODIFY NUMBER
OF OPPORTUNI-
TIES.—The Secretary of the Air Force may mod-
ify the number of opportunities for consider-
ation for promotion to be afforded officers with-
in a competitive category for promotion to a
particular grade, as previously specified by the
Secretary pursuant to subsection (a), not more
frequently than once every five years.
(c) AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO
MODIFY NUMBER
OF OPPORTUNITIES.—The Sec-
retary of Defense may modify the number of op-
portunities for consideration for promotion to
be afforded officers of the Space Force within a
competitive category for promotion to a par-
ticular grade, as previously specified or modified
pursuant to any provision of this section, at the
discretion of the Secre
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