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10 U.S.C. § 613 — Oath of members of selection boards
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Each member of a selection board shall swear that he will perform his duties as a member of the board without prejudice or partiality and having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of his armed force.
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**(a) In General.—** The following definitions apply in this title:
(1) The term “United States”, in a geographic sense, means the States and the District of Columbia.
(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title X, § 1057(a)(1), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3440.]
(3) The term “possessions” includes the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Guano Islands, so long as they remain possessions, but does not include any Commonwealth.
(4) The term “armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard.
(5) The term “uniformed services” means—
(A) the armed forces;
(B) the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and
(C) the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service.
(6) The term “department”, when used with respect to a military department, means the executive part of the department and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of the department. When used with respect to the Department of Defense, such term means the executive part of the department, including the executive parts of the military departments, and all field headquarters, forces, reserve components, installations, activities, and functions under the control or supervision of the Secretary of Defense, including those of the military departments.
(7) The term “executive part of the department” means the executive part of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, or Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, at the seat of government.
(8) The term “military departments” means the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force.
(9) The term
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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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**(a) Persons Not Considered by Promotion Boards Due to Administrative Error.—**
(1) If the Secretary of the military department concerned determines that because of administrative error a person who should have been considered for selection for promotion from in or above the promotion zone by a promotion board was not so considered, the Secretary shall convene a special selection board under this subsection to determine whether that person (whether or not then on active duty) should be recommended for promotion.
(2) A special selection board convened under paragraph (1) shall consider the record of the person whose name was referred to it for consideration as that record would have appeared to the board that should have considered him. That record shall be compared with a sampling of the records of those officers of the same competitive category who were recommended for promotion, and those officers who were not recommended for promotion, by the board that should have considered him.
(3) If a special selection board convened under paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion a person whose name was referred to it for consideration for selection for appointment to a grade other than a general officer or flag officer grade, the person shall be considered to have failed of selection for promotion.
**(b) Persons Considered by Promotion Boards in Unfair Manner.—**
(1) If the Secretary of the military department concerned determines, in the case of a person who was considered for selection for promotion by a promotion board but was not selected, that there was material unfairness with respect to that person, the Secretary may convene a special selection board under this subsection to determine whether that person (whether or not then on active duty) should be recommen
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 613
402 [amending this section and sections 615 and 618 of
this title] shall take effect with respect to selection
boards convened under section 611(a) of title 10, United
States Code, after the end of the 120-day period begin-
ning on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 1,
1986].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1981 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–86 effective Sept. 15, 1981,
see section 405(f) of Pub. L. 97–86, set out as a note
under section 101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to
prescribe regulations under this section effective on
Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as
an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under sec-
tion 101 of this title.
§ 613. Oath of members of selection boards
Each member of a selection board shall swear
that he will perform his duties as a member of
the board without prejudice or partiality and
having in view both the special fitness of offi-
cers and the efficiency of his armed force.
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980,
94 Stat. 2851.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Sept. 15, 1981, but the authority to
prescribe regulations under this section effective on
Dec. 12, 1980, see section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513, set out as
an Effective Date of 1980 Amendment note under sec-
tion 101 of this title.
§ 613a. Nondisclosure of board proceedings
(a) PROHIBITION
ON
DISCLOSURE.—The pro-
ceedings of a selection board convened under
section 573, 611, 628, or 20211 of this title may not
be disclosed to any person not a member of the
board, except as authorized or required to proc-
ess the report of the board. This prohibition is a
statutory exemption from disclosure
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