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14 U.S.C. § 2113 — Eligibility of officers for consideration for promotion
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**(a)** An officer on the active duty promotion list becomes eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade at the beginning of the promotion year in which he completes the following amount of service computed from his date of rank in the grade in which he is serving:
(1) two years in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade);
(2) three years in the grade of lieutenant;
(3) four years in the grade of lieutenant commander;
(4) four years in the grade of commander; and
(5) three years in the grade of captain.
**(b)** For the purpose of this section, service in a grade includes all qualifying service in that grade or a higher grade, under either a temporary or permanent appointment. However, service in a grade under a temporary service appointment under [section 2125 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2125&num=0&edition=prelim) is considered as service only in the grade that the officer concerned would have held had he not been so appointed.
**(c)** No officer may become eligible for consideration for promotion until all officers of his grade senior to him are so eligible.
**(d)** Except when his name is on a list of selectees, each officer who becomes eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade remains eligible so long as he—
(1) continues on active duty; and
(2) is not promoted to that grade.
**(e)** An officer whose involuntary retirement or separation is deferred under [section 2156 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2156&num=0&edition=prelim) is not eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade during the period of that deferment.
**(f)** The Secretary may waive subsection (a) to the exten
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**(a)** An officer on the active duty promotion list becomes eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade at the beginning of the promotion year in which he completes the following amount of service computed from his date of rank in the grade in which he is serving:
(1) two years in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade);
(2) three years in the grade of lieutenant;
(3) four years in the grade of lieutenant commander;
(4) four years in the grade of commander; and
(5) three years in the grade of captain.
**(b)** For the purpose of this section, service in a grade includes all qualifying service in that grade or a higher grade, under either a temporary or permanent appointment. However, service in a grade under a temporary service appointment under [section 2125 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2125&num=0&edition=prelim) is considered as service only in the grade that the officer concerned would have held had he not been so appointed.
**(c)** No officer may become eligible for consideration for promotion until all officers of his grade senior to him are so eligible.
**(d)** Except when his name is on a list of selectees, each officer who becomes eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade remains eligible so long as he—
(1) continues on active duty; and
(2) is not promoted to that grade.
**(e)** An officer whose involuntary retirement or separation is deferred under [section 2156 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2156&num=0&edition=prelim) is not eligible for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade during the period of that deferment.
**(f)** The Secretary may waive subsection (a) to the extent necessary to allow officers described therein to have at least two opportunities for consideration for promotion to the next higher grade as officers below the promotion zone.
**(g)**
(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), 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 2106.
(2) The Commandant shall approve a request under paragraph (1) only if—
(A) the basis for the request is to allow the 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.
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**(a)** In time of war, or of national emergency declared by the President or Congress, the President may suspend any section of this chapter relating to the selection, promotion, or involuntary separation of officers. Such a suspension may not continue beyond six months after the termination of the war or national emergency.
**(b)** When the preceding sections of this chapter relating to selection and promotion of officers are suspended in accordance with subsection (a), and the needs of the service require, the President may, under regulations prescribed by him, promote to a higher grade any officer serving on active duty in the grade of ensign or above in the Coast Guard.
**(c)** In time of war, or of national emergency declared by the President or Congress, the President may, under regulations to be prescribed by him, promote to the next higher warrant officer grade any warrant officer serving on active duty in a grade below chief warrant officer, W–4.
**(d)** Repealed. Pub. L. 97–417, § 2(6), Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2085.]
**(e)** A promotion under this section to a grade above lieutenant may be made only upon the recommendation of a board of officers convened for that purpose.
**(f)** A promotion under this section shall be made by an appointment for temporary service. Original appointments under this section in the grades of lieutenant commander and above shall be made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Original appointments under this section in the grades of ensign through lieutenant shall be made by the President alone. Any other appointments under this section shall be made by the President alone.
**(g)** An appointment under this section, unless expressly declined, is regarded as accepted on the date specified by the Secr
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**(a)** Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may defer the retirement or separation of a commissioned officer, other than a commissioned warrant officer, if the evaluation of the physical condition of the officer and determination of the officer’s entitlement to retirement or separation for physical disability require hospitalization, medical observation, or other physical disability processing that cannot be completed before the date on which the officer would otherwise be retired or separated.
**(b)** A deferment under subsection (a)—
(1) may only be made with the consent of the officer involved; and
(2) if the Secretary receives written notice from the officer withdrawing that consent, shall end not later than the end of the sixty-day period beginning on the date the Secretary receives that notice.
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Page 128
TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2110
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 254
of this title as this section.
Par. (2). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted ‘‘sec-
tion 931’’ for ‘‘section 635’’.
2012—Pub. L. 112–213 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘Each member of
a selection board shall swear that he will, without prej-
udice or partiality, and having in view both the special
fitness of officers and the efficiency of the Coast Guard,
perform the duties imposed upon him.’’
§ 2110. Number of officers to be selected for pro-
motion
Before convening a board under section 2106 of
this title to recommend officers for promotion
to any grade, the Secretary shall determine the
total number of officers to be selected for pro-
motion to that grade. This number shall be
equal to the number of vacancies existing in the
grade, plus the number of additional vacancies
estimated for the next twelve months, less the
number of officers on the selection list for the
grade.
(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77
Stat. 179, § 255; renumbered § 2110 and amended
Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 112(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4,
2018, 132 Stat. 4216, 4240.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted ‘‘section
2106’’ for ‘‘section 251’’.
Pub. L. 115–282, § 112(b), renumbered section 255 of this
title as this section.
§ 2111. Promotion zones
(a) Before convening a selection board to rec-
ommend officers for promotion to any grade
above lieutenant (junior grade) and below rear
admiral (lower half), the Secretary shall estab-
lish a promotion zone for the grade to be consid-
ered. The promotion zone for each grade shall
consist of the most senior off
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