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14 U.S.C. § 2117 — Selection boards; reports

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14 U.S.C. § 2117 — Selection boards; reports

**(a)** Each board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) shall submit a report in writing, signed by all the members thereof, containing the names of the officers recommended for promotion and the names of those officers recommended to be advanced to the top of the list of selectees established by the Secretary under [section 2121(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121/a&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b)** A board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) shall certify that, in the opinion of at least a majority of the members if the board has five members, or in the opinion of at least two-thirds of the members if the board has more than five members, the officers recommended for promotion are the best qualified for promotion to meet the needs of the service (as noted in specific direction furnished the board by the Secretary under [section 2115 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2115&num=0&edition=prelim)) of those officers whose names have been furnished to the board.

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14 U.S.C. § 2115 — Selection boards; information to be furnished boards

**(a) In General.—** The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) with— (1) the number of officers that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade; (2) the names and records of all officers who are eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion; and (3) in the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion to a rank above lieutenant, any credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry and any information placed in the personnel service record of the officer under section 1745(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; [10 U.S.C. 1561](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1561&num=0&edition=prelim) note), shall be furnished to the selection board in accordance with standards and procedures set out in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary. **(b) Provision of Direction and Guidance.—** (1) In addition to the information provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may furnish the selection board— (A) specific direction relating to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers having particular skills, including direction relating to the need for a minimum number of officers with particular skills within a specialty; and (B) any other guidance that the Secretary believes may be necessary to enable the board to properly perform its functions. (2) Selections made based on the direction and guidance provided under this subs

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14 U.S.C. § 2106 — Selection boards; convening of boards

At least once a year and at such other times as the needs of the service require, the Secretary shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher grade officers on the active duty promotion list in each grade from lieutenant (junior grade) through captain, with separate boards for each grade. However, the Secretary is not required to convene a board to recommend officers for promotion to a grade when no vacancies exist in the grade concerned, and he estimates that none will occur in the next twelve months.

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14 U.S.C. § 3752 — Retention boards; removal from an active status to provide a flow of promotion

**(a)** Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, whenever the Secretary determines that it is necessary to reduce the number of Reserve officers in an active status in any grade to provide a steady flow of promotion, or that there is an excessive number of Reserve officers in an active status in any grade, the Secretary may appoint and convene a retention board to consider all of the Reserve officers in that grade in an active status who have 18 years or more of service for retirement, except those officers who— (1) are on extended active duty; (2) are on a list of selectees for promotion; (3) will complete 30 years total commissioned service by June 30th following the date that the retention board is convened; or (4) have reached age 59 by the date on which the retention board is convened. The retention board shall select and recommend a specified number of the officers under consideration for retention in an active status. **(b)** This board shall— (1) to the extent practicable, consist of at least 50 per centum Reserve officers; (2) consist only of officers who are senior in rank to any officers being considered by that board; and (3) to the extent practicable, consist of officers who have not served on the last previous retention board which considered officers of the same grade. **(c)** Subject to [section 12646 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12646&num=0&edition=prelim), a Reserve officer who is not recommended for retention in an active status under this section shall be given an opportunity to transfer to the Retired Reserve, if qualified, but unless so transferred shall, in the discretion of the Secretary, be transferred to the inactive status list or discharged on June 30 next followin

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14 U.S.C. § 2117 — Selection boards; reports

Page 130 TITLE 14—COAST GUARD § 2116 ‘‘with:’’ in introductory provisions, and added subsec. (b). 1996—Cl. (2). Pub. L. 104–324 struck out ‘‘, with identi- fication of those officers who are in the promotion zone’’ after ‘‘officers for promotion’’. 1966—Pub. L. 89–444 substituted ‘‘officers who are eli- gible for consideration for promotion to the grade to which the board will recommend officers for pro- motion’’ for ‘‘officers to be considered by the board’’ in cl. 2. § 2116. Officers to be recommended for pro- motion (a) A selection board convened to recommend officers for promotion shall recommend those el- igible officers whom the board, giving due con- sideration to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers with particular skills so noted in spe- cific direction furnished to the board by the Sec- retary under section 2115 of this title, considers best qualified of the officers under consideration for promotion. No officer may be recommended for promotion unless he receives the rec- ommendation of at least a majority of the mem- bers of a board composed of five members, or at least two-thirds of the members of a board com- posed of more than five members. (b) The number of officers that a board con- vened under section 2106 of this title may rec- ommend for promotion to a grade below rear ad- miral (lower half) from among eligible officers junior in rank to the junior officer in the appro- priate promotion zone may not exceed— (1) 5 percent of the total number of officers that the board is authorized to recommend for promotion to the grade of lieutenant or lieu- tenant commander; (2) 71⁄2 percent of the total number of officers that the board is authorized to recommend for promotion to the grade of commander; and (3) 10 percent of the total num

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