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10 U.S.C. § 14103 — Oath of members
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Each member of a selection board convened under [section 14101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14101&num=0&edition=prelim) shall take an oath to perform the duties of a member of the board without prejudice or partiality, having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the member’s armed force.
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Each member of a selection board convened under [section 14101 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14101&num=0&edition=prelim) shall take an oath to perform the duties of a member of the board without prejudice or partiality, having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of the member’s armed force.
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**(a) Promotion Boards.—**
(1) Whenever the needs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps require, the Secretary concerned shall convene a selection board to recommend for promotion to the next higher grade, under chapter 1405 of this title, officers on the reserve active-status list of that armed force in a permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy Reserve, lieutenant (junior grade) through rear admiral (lower half). A selection board convened under this subsection shall be known as a “promotion board”.
(2) A promotion board convened to recommend reserve officers of the Army or reserve officers of the Air Force for promotion (A) to fill a position vacancy under [section 14315 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14315&num=0&edition=prelim), or (B) to the grade of brigadier general or major general, shall be known as a “vacancy promotion board”. Any other promotion board convened under this subsection shall be known as a “mandatory promotion board”.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not require the convening of a selection board in the case of officers in the permanent grade of first lieutenant or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant (junior grade) when the Secretary concerned recommends for promotion to the next higher grade under [section 14308(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14308/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim) all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified for promotion.
**(b) Selective Early Separation Boards.—** Whenever the needs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps require, the Secretary concerned may convene a selection board to recommend officers of that armed force—
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In this subtitle, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
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**(a) Officers Not Considered Because of Administrative Error.—**
(1) In the case of an officer or former officer who the Secretary of the military department concerned determines was not considered for selection for promotion from in or above the promotion zone by a mandatory promotion board convened under [section 14101(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14101/a&num=0&edition=prelim) because of administrative error, the Secretary concerned shall convene a special selection board under this subsection to determine whether such officer or former officer should be recommended for promotion. Any such board shall be convened under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and shall be appointed and composed in accordance with [section 14102 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14102&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall include the representation of competitive categories required by that section. The members of a board convened under this subsection shall be required to take an oath in the same manner as prescribed in [section 14103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14103&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) A special selection board convened under this subsection shall consider the record of the officer or former officer as that record would have appeared to the promotion board that should have considered the officer or former officer. That record shall be compared with a sampling of the records of those officers of the same grade and competitive category who were recommended for promotion and those officers of the same grade and competitive category who were not recommended for promotion by that board.
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**(a) Persons Not Considered by Promotion Board Because of Administrative Error.—**
(1) **Convening of board.—** — In the case of an officer or former officer who the Secretary of the Air Force determines was not considered for selection for promotion 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) because of administrative error, the Secretary shall convene a special selection board under this subsection to determine whether that officer or former officer should be recommended for promotion.
(2) **Board composition; oath.—** — Any such board shall be convened under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense and shall be appointed and composed in accordance with [section 20212 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section20212&num=0&edition=prelim) and shall include the representation of competitive categories required by that section. The members of a board convened under this subsection shall be required to take an oath in the same manner as prescribed in [section 14103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section14103&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Record considered by board.—** — A special selection board convened under paragraph (1) shall consider the record of the officer or former officer as that record would have appeared to the selection board that should have considered the officer or former officer. That record shall be compared with a sampling of the records of those officers of the same grade and competitive category who were recommended for promotion, and those officers of the same grade and competitive category who were not recommended
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**(a) Information to Be Furnished to Congressional Committees.—** The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall provide to the congressional defense committees information on the results of each flight test of the ground-based midcourse national missile defense system.
**(b) Content.—** Information provided under subsection (a) on the results of a flight test shall include the following matters:
(1) A thorough discussion of the content and objectives of the test.
(2) For each such test objective, a statement regarding whether or not the objective was achieved.
(3) For any such test objective not achieved—
(A) a thorough discussion describing the reasons that the objective was not achieved; and
(B) a discussion of any plans for future tests to achieve that objective.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 14103
nent grade higher than the grade of the officers
under consideration by the board, and no mem-
ber of a board may hold a grade below major or
lieutenant commander. The members of a selec-
tion board shall represent the diverse population
of the armed force concerned to the extent prac-
ticable.
(c) REPRESENTATION
OF
COMPETITIVE
CAT-
EGORIES.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph
(2), a selection board shall include at least one
officer from each competitive category of offi-
cers to be considered by the board.
(2) A selection board need not include an offi-
cer from a competitive category to be consid-
ered by the board if there is no officer of that
competitive category on the reserve active-sta-
tus list or the active-duty list in a permanent
grade higher than the grade of the officers to be
considered by the board and otherwise eligible
to serve on the board. However, in such a case,
the Secretary of the military department con-
cerned, in his discretion, may appoint as a mem-
ber of the board a retired officer of that com-
petitive category who is in the same armed force
as the officers under consideration by the board
who holds a higher grade than the grade of the
officers under consideration.
(d) PROHIBITION
OF SERVICE
ON CONSECUTIVE
PROMOTION BOARDS.—No officer may be a mem-
ber of two successive promotion boards con-
vened under section 14101(a) of this title for the
consideration of officers of the same competi-
tive category and grade if the second of the two
boards is to consider any officer who was consid-
ered and not recommended for promotion to the
next higher grade by the first of the two boards.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611,
Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2924; amended Pub. L.
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