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10 U.S.C. § 20252a — Special selection review boards: reference
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[Section 628a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section628a&num=0&edition=prelim), relating to the convening of a special selection review board when credible information of an adverse nature was not furnished to a promotion board, applies with respect to persons recommended by a selection board for promotion to a grade at or below the grade of major general in the Space Force.
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**(a) In General.—**
(1)
(A) If the Secretary of the military department concerned determines that a person recommended by a promotion board for promotion to a grade at or below the grade of major general or rear admiral in the Navy is the subject of credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion described in [section 615(a)(3)(A) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section615/a/3/A&num=0&edition=prelim), that was not furnished to the promotion board during its consideration of the person for promotion as otherwise required by such section, the Secretary shall convene a special selection review board under this section to review the person and recommend whether the recommendation for promotion of the person should be sustained.
(B) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a Secretary concerned from deferring consideration of adverse information concerning an officer subject to this section until the next regularly scheduled promotion board applicable to such officer, in lieu of furnishing such adverse information to a special selection review board under this section.
(2) If a person and the recommendation for promotion of the person is subject to review under this section by a special selection review board convened under this section, the name of the person—
(A) shall not be disseminated or publicly released on the list of officers recommended for promotion by the promotion board recommending the promotion of the person; and
(B) shall not be forwarded for appointment or nomination to the Secretary of Defense, the President, or the Senate, as applicable.
**(b) Convening.—**
(1) Any special selection review board convened under this section
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 20301
ficer by a special selection board under this sec-
tion.
(2) If a court finds that the action of a special
selection board which considers an officer or
former officer was contrary to law or involved
material error of fact or material administra-
tive error, it shall remand the case to the Sec-
retary, who shall provide the officer or former
officer reconsideration by a new special selec-
tion board.
(j) DESIGNATION OF BOARDS.—The Secretary of
the Air Force may designate a promotion board
convened under section 20201(a) of this title as a
special selection board convened under this sec-
tion.
(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c),
Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 650, § 20251; renumbered
§ 20252 and amended Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title
V, § 521(v), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 1883.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2024—Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(2), renumbered the sec-
ond section 20251 of this title as this section.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(1)(A)(i), sub-
stituted ‘‘(1)’’ for ‘‘((1)’’ and ‘‘such’’ for ‘‘sch’’.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(1)(A)(ii), sub-
stituted ‘‘an officer’’ for ‘‘a officer’’.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 118–159, § 521(v)(1)(B), sub-
stituted ‘‘which an officer’’ for ‘‘which of officer’’.
§ 20252a. Special selection review boards: ref-
erence
Section 628a of this title, relating to the con-
vening of a special selection review board when
credible information of an adverse nature was
not furnished to a promotion board, applies with
respect to persons recommended by a selection
board for promotion to a grade at or below the
grade of major general in the Space Force.
(Added Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c),
Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 653.)
§ 20253.
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