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14 U.S.C. § 2115 — Selection boards; information to be furnished boards
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) with—
(1) the number of officers that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade;
(2) the names and records of all officers who are eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion; and
(3) in the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion to a rank above lieutenant, any credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry and any information placed in the personnel service record of the officer under section 1745(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; [10 U.S.C. 1561](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1561&num=0&edition=prelim) note), shall be furnished to the selection board in accordance with standards and procedures set out in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
**(b) Provision of Direction and Guidance.—**
(1) In addition to the information provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may furnish the selection board—
(A) specific direction relating to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers having particular skills, including direction relating to the need for a minimum number of officers with particular skills within a specialty; and
(B) any other guidance that the Secretary believes may be necessary to enable the board to properly perform its functions.
(2) Selections made based on the direction and guidance provided under this subs
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**(a) In General.—** The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) with—
(1) the number of officers that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade;
(2) the names and records of all officers who are eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion; and
(3) in the case of an eligible officer considered for promotion to a rank above lieutenant, any credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion from an officially documented investigation or inquiry and any information placed in the personnel service record of the officer under section 1745(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 (Public Law 113–66; [10 U.S.C. 1561](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section1561&num=0&edition=prelim) note), shall be furnished to the selection board in accordance with standards and procedures set out in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary.
**(b) Provision of Direction and Guidance.—**
(1) In addition to the information provided pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary may furnish the selection board—
(A) specific direction relating to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers having particular skills, including direction relating to the need for a minimum number of officers with particular skills within a specialty; and
(B) any other guidance that the Secretary believes may be necessary to enable the board to properly perform its functions.
(2) Selections made based on the direction and guidance provided under this subsection shall not exceed the maximum percentage of officers who may be selected from below the announced promotion zone at any given selection board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Action on Complaints Alleging Sexual Harassment.—** A commanding officer or officer in charge of a unit, vessel, facility, or area of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force who receives from a member of the command or a civilian employee under the supervision of the officer a formal complaint alleging a claim of sexual harassment by a member of the armed forces or a civilian employee of the Department of Defense shall, to the extent practicable, direct that an independent investigation of the matter be carried out in accordance with this section.
**(b) Commencement of Investigation.—** To the extent practicable, a commanding officer or officer in charge receiving such a formal complaint shall forward such complaint to an independent investigator within 72 hours after receipt of the complaint, and shall further—
(1) forward the formal complaint or a detailed description of the allegation to the next superior officer in the chain of command who is authorized to convene a general court-martial; and
(2) advise the complainant of the commencement of the investigation.
**(c) Duration of Investigation.—** To the extent practicable, a commanding officer or officer in charge shall ensure that an independent investigator receiving a formal complaint of sexual harassment under this section completes the investigation of the complaint not later than 14 days after the date on which the investigation is commenced, and that the findings of the investigation are forwarded to the commanding officer or officer in charge specified in subsection (a) for action as appropriate.
**(d) Report on Investigation.—** To the extent practicable, a commanding officer or officer in charge shall—
(1) submit a final report on the results of the independent investigation, inc
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At least once a year and at such other times as the needs of the service require, the Secretary shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher grade officers on the active duty promotion list in each grade from lieutenant (junior grade) through captain, with separate boards for each grade. However, the Secretary is not required to convene a board to recommend officers for promotion to a grade when no vacancies exist in the grade concerned, and he estimates that none will occur in the next twelve months.
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**(a)** A selection board convened to recommend officers for promotion shall recommend those eligible officers whom the board, giving due consideration to the needs of the Coast Guard for officers with particular skills so noted in specific direction furnished to the board by the Secretary under [section 2115 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2115&num=0&edition=prelim), considers best qualified of the officers under consideration for promotion. No officer may be recommended for promotion unless he receives the recommendation of at least a majority of the members of a board composed of five members, or at least two-thirds of the members of a board composed of more than five members.
**(b)** The number of officers that a board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) may recommend for promotion to a grade below rear admiral (lower half) from among eligible officers junior in rank to the junior officer in the appropriate promotion zone may not exceed—
(1) 5 percent of the total number of officers that the board is authorized to recommend for promotion to the grade of lieutenant or lieutenant commander;
(2) 7½ percent of the total number of officers that the board is authorized to recommend for promotion to the grade of commander; and
(3) 10 percent of the total number of officers that the board is authorized to recommend for promotion to the grade of captain;
unless such percentage is a number less than one, in which case the board may recommend one such officer for promotion.
**(c)**
(1) In selecting the officers to be recommended for promotion, a selection board may recommend officers of particular merit,
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**(a)** Each board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) shall submit a report in writing, signed by all the members thereof, containing the names of the officers recommended for promotion and the names of those officers recommended to be advanced to the top of the list of selectees established by the Secretary under [section 2121(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b)** A board convened under [section 2106 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2106&num=0&edition=prelim) shall certify that, in the opinion of at least a majority of the members if the board has five members, or in the opinion of at least two-thirds of the members if the board has more than five members, the officers recommended for promotion are the best qualified for promotion to meet the needs of the service (as noted in specific direction furnished the board by the Secretary under [section 2115 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2115&num=0&edition=prelim)) of those officers whose names have been furnished to the board.
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**(a) In General.—**
(1) If the Secretary determines that a person recommended by a promotion board for promotion to a grade at or below the grade of rear admiral is the subject of credible information of an adverse nature, including any substantiated adverse finding or conclusion described in [section 2115(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2115/a/3&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.
(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 to the President or the Senate, as applicable, or included on a promotion list under [section 2121 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2121&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Convening.—**
(1) Any special selection review board convened under this section shall be convened in accordance with the provisions of [section 2120(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title14-section2120/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) Any special selection review board convened under this section may review such number of persons, and recommendations for promot
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Page 1454
TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 1561
to identify, investigate, and prosecute individuals en-
gaged in online child sexual exploitation.
‘‘(3) MANDATORY TRAINING.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish mandatory training for criminal investigative
organizations of the Department of Defense and other
appropriate personnel at military installations to en-
sure that the capability and capacity to investigate
child sexual exploitation is continuously maintained
regardless of staff turnover and relocations.’’
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TEAMS
FOR
MILITARY
INSTALLA-
TIONS
ON CHILD ABUSE
AND OTHER DOMESTIC VIO-
LENCE
Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title V, § 577, Aug. 13, 2018, 132
Stat. 1781, provided that:
‘‘(a) MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS REQUIRED.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed by
each Secretary concerned, there shall be established
and maintained for each military installation, except
as provided in paragraph (2), one or more multidisci-
plinary teams on child abuse and other domestic vio-
lence for the purposes specified in subsection (b).
‘‘(2) SINGLE TEAM FOR PROXIMATE INSTALLATIONS.—A
single multidisciplinary team described in paragraph
(1) may be established and maintained under this sub-
section for two or more military installations in
proximity with one another if the Secretary con-
cerned determines, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense, that a single team for such instal-
lations suffices to carry out the purposes of such
teams under subsection (b) for such installations.
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of each multidisci-
plinary team maintained pursuant to subsection (a)
shall be as follows:
‘‘(1) To provide for the sharing of information
among such team and other appropriate personnel on
the installation or installations concerned regardin
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 2115
(d) Except when his name is on a list of select-
ees, each officer who becomes eligible for consid-
eration 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 is not eligible for consideration for pro-
motion to the next higher grade during the pe-
riod 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 consider-
ation by a selection board convened under sec-
tion 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 as-
signment or education, or a qualifying per-
sonal or professional circumstance, as deter-
mined by the Commandant;
(B) the Commandant determines the exclu-
sion from consideration is in the best interest
of the Coast Guard; and
(C) the officer has not previously failed of se-
lection for promotion to the grade for which
the officer requests the exclusion from consid-
eration.
(Added Pub. L. 88–130, § 1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77
Stat. 179, § 257; amended Pub. L. 94–546, § 1(19),
Oct. 18, 1976, 90 St
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