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10 U.S.C. § 20217 — Action on reports of selection boards for promotion to brigadier general or major general
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**(a) In General.—** After reviewing a report received under [section 20215 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20215&num=0&edition=prelim) recommending officers on the Space Force officer list for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general, but before submitting the report to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, adjust the placement of officers as recommended in the report in order to ensure that sufficient number of officers on both sustained and non-sustained duty are promoted to meet the requirements of the Space Force to fill general officer vacancies.
**(b) Report.—** Whenever the Secretary of the Air Force uses the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report informing the committees that the authority has been used and the reason for the use of the authority.
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**(a) In General.—** After reviewing a report received under [section 20215 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20215&num=0&edition=prelim) recommending officers on the Space Force officer list for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general, but before submitting the report to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force may, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, adjust the placement of officers as recommended in the report in order to ensure that sufficient number of officers on both sustained and non-sustained duty are promoted to meet the requirements of the Space Force to fill general officer vacancies.
**(b) Report.—** Whenever the Secretary of the Air Force uses the authority under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report informing the committees that the authority has been used and the reason for the use of the authority.
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**(a) Board to Recommend Officers Best Qualified for Promotion.—** 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) shall recommend for promotion to the next higher grade those officers considered by the board whom the board, giving due consideration to the needs of the Space Force for officers with particular skills (as noted in the guidelines or information furnished the board under [section 615(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section615/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), considers best qualified for promotion within each competitive category considered by the board.
**(b) Number to Be Recommended.—** The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish the number of officers such a selection board may recommend for promotion from among officers being considered.
**(c) Board Procedures for Recommendations; Limitations.—** 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) may not recommend an officer for promotion unless—
(1) the officer receives the recommendation of a majority of the members of the board;
(2) a majority of the members of the board finds that the officer is fully qualified for promotion; and
(3) a majority of the members of the board, after consideration by all members of the board of any adverse information about the officer that is provided to the board under [section 615 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section615&num=0&edition=prelim), finds that the officer is among the officers best qualified for promotion to meet the ne
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**(a) Promotion Lists.—**
(1) **Placement of names on promotion list.—** — When the report of 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) is approved by the President, the Secretary of the Air Force shall place the names of all officers approved for promotion within a competitive category on a single list for that competitive category, to be known as a promotion list, in the order of the seniority of such officers on the Space Force officer list or based on particular merit, as determined by the promotion board, or as modified by the Secretary of the Air Force under [section 20217 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20217&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Time of establishment of promotion list.—** — A promotion list is considered to be established under this section as of the date of the approval of the report of the selection board under paragraph (1).
**(b) Promotions; How Made; Order.—**
(1) **Appointment authority.—** — Officers on a promotion list shall be promoted by appointment in the manner specified in [section 20201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20201&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Timing.—** — Officers on a promotion list for a competitive category shall be promoted to the next higher grade in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force.
(3) **Order.—** — Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), promotions shall be made in the order in which the names of officers appear on the promotion list and after officers previously selected for promotion in that competitive category have been promoted
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 20217
fore it for consideration for promotion whose
record, in the opinion of a majority of the mem-
bers of the board, indicates that the officer
should be required under section 20503 of this
title to show cause for the officer’s retention in
a space force active status.
(c) OFFICERS
RECOMMENDED
TO
BE
PLACED
HIGHER
ON
THE PROMOTION LIST.—A selection
board convened under section 20211 of this title
shall, when authorized under section 20215(g) of
this title, include in its report the names of
those officers recommended by the board to be
placed higher on the promotion list and the
order in which the board recommends that those
officers should be placed on the list.
(d) RECOMMENDATION FOR OFFICERS TO BE EX-
CLUDED FROM FUTURE CONSIDERATION FOR PRO-
MOTION.—A selection board convened under sec-
tion 20211 of this title may include in its report
a recommendation that an officer considered by
the board be excluded from future consideration
for promotion under this chapter.
(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c),
Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 637; amended Pub. L.
118–159, div. A, title V, § 521(p), Dec. 23, 2024, 138
Stat. 1882.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2024—Subsec.
(c).
Pub.
L.
118–159
substituted
‘‘20215(g)’’ for ‘‘20214(g)’’.
§ 20217. Action on reports of selection boards for
promotion to brigadier general or major gen-
eral
(a) IN GENERAL.—After reviewing a report re-
ceived under section 20215 of this title recom-
mending officers on the Space Force officer list
for promotion to the grade of brigadier general
or major general, but before submitting the re-
port to the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary
of the Air Force may, under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Air Force,
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