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14 U.S.C. § 2122 — Removal of officer from list of selectees for promotion
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**(a)** The President may remove the name of any officer from a list of selectees established under [section 2121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** If the Senate does not consent to the appointment of an officer whose name is on a list of selectees established under [section 2121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121&num=0&edition=prelim), that officer’s name shall be removed from this list.
**(c)** An officer whose name is removed from a list under subsection (a) or (b) continues to be eligible for consideration for promotion. If he is selected for promotion by the next selection board and promoted, he shall be given the date of rank and position on the active duty promotion list in the grade to which promoted that he would have held if his name had not been removed. However, if the officer is not selected by the next selection board or if his name is again removed from the list of selectees, he shall be considered for all purposes as having twice failed of selection for promotion.
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**(a)** The President may remove the name of any officer from a list of selectees established under [section 2121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** If the Senate does not consent to the appointment of an officer whose name is on a list of selectees established under [section 2121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121&num=0&edition=prelim), that officer’s name shall be removed from this list.
**(c)** An officer whose name is removed from a list under subsection (a) or (b) continues to be eligible for consideration for promotion. If he is selected for promotion by the next selection board and promoted, he shall be given the date of rank and position on the active duty promotion list in the grade to which promoted that he would have held if his name had not been removed. However, if the officer is not selected by the next selection board or if his name is again removed from the list of selectees, he shall be considered for all purposes as having twice failed of selection for promotion.
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**(a)** When the report of a board convened to recommend officers for promotion has been approved by the President, the Secretary shall place the names of all officers selected and approved on a list of selectees in the order of their seniority on the active duty promotion list. The names of all officers approved by the President and recommended by the board to be placed at the top of the list of selectees shall be placed at the top of the list of selectees in the order of seniority on the active duty promotion list.
**(b)** Officers on the list of selectees may be promoted by appointment in the next higher grade to fill vacancies in the authorized active duty strength of the grade as determined under [section 2103 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2103&num=0&edition=prelim) after officers on any previous list of selectees for that grade have been promoted. Officers shall be promoted in the order that their names appear on the list of selectees. The date of rank of an officer promoted under this subsection shall be the date of his appointment in that grade.
**(c)** An officer serving on active duty in the grade of ensign may, if found fully qualified for promotion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary, be promoted to the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) by appointment after he has completed twelve months’ active service in grade. The date of rank of an officer promoted under this subsection shall be the date of his appointment in the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) as specified by the Secretary.
**(d)** When a vacancy in the grade of rear admiral occurs, the senior rear admiral (lower half) serving on the active duty promotion list shall be appointed by the President, by and with the a
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**(a)**
(1) The President may appoint permanent commissioned officers in the Regular Coast Guard in grades appropriate to their qualification, experience, and length of service, as the needs of the Coast Guard may require, from among the following categories:
(A) Graduates of the Coast Guard Academy.
(B) Commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers, and enlisted members of the Regular Coast Guard.
(C) Members of the Coast Guard Reserve who have served at least 2 years as such.
(D) Licensed officers of the United States merchant marine who have served 2 or more years aboard a vessel of the United States in the capacity of a licensed officer.
(2) 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.
(3) Original appointments under this section in the grades of ensign through lieutenant shall be made by the President alone.
**(b)** No individual shall be appointed a commissioned officer under this section until his mental, moral, physical, and professional fitness to perform the duties of a commissioned officer has been established under such regulations as the Secretary shall prescribe.
**(c)** Appointees under this section shall take precedence in the grade to which appointed in accordance with the dates of their commissions as commissioned officers in such grade. Appointees whose dates of commission are the same shall take precedence with each other as the Secretary shall determine.
**(d)** For the purposes of this section, the term “original”, with respect to the appointment of a member of the Coast Guard, refers to that member’s most recent appointment in the Coast Guard that is neither a promotion nor a demotion.
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
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ommended by the board to be placed at the top of the
list of selectees shall be placed at the top of the list of
selectees in the order of seniority on the active duty
promotion list.’’
1994—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103–337 substituted ‘‘section
12203 of title 10’’ for ‘‘section 593 of title 10’’.
1989—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–225 inserted ‘‘except
that advice and consent is not required for appoint-
ments under this section in the grade of lieutenant
(junior grade) or lieutenant’’ before the period at end of
first sentence.
1985—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99–145 substituted ‘‘rear ad-
miral (lower half)’’ for ‘‘commodore’’.
1983—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–417, § 2(5)(A), inserted a
comma after ‘‘ensign may’’.
Subsecs. (d) to (f). Pub. L. 97–417, § 2(5)(B), (C), added
subsec. (d) and redesignated former subsecs. (d) and (e)
as (e) and (f), respectively.
1970—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91–278 substituted ‘‘twelve’’
for ‘‘eighteen’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–337 effective Dec. 1, 1994,
except as otherwise provided, see section 1691 of Pub. L.
103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section
10001 of Title 10, Armed Forces.
RULE OF CONSTRUCTION
Pub. L. 112–213, title II, § 208(e)(2), Dec. 20, 2012, 126
Stat. 1549, provided that: ‘‘Sections 271, 272, and 273
[now 2121, 2122, and 2123] of title 14, United States Code,
apply to the activities of—
‘‘(A) a selection board convened under section 251
[now 2106] of such title; and
‘‘(B) a special selection board convened under sec-
tion 263 [now 2120] of such title.’’
PERMANENT GRADES AND TITLES FOR OFFICERS
HOLDING CERTAIN GRADES ON JANUARY 3, 1983
Pub. L. 97–417, § 4, Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2087, provi
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