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10 U.S.C. § 627 — Failure of selection for promotion
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An officer in a grade below the grade of colonel or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, captain who is in or above the promotion zone established for his grade and competitive category under [section 623 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section623&num=0&edition=prelim) and is considered but not selected for promotion by a selection board convened under [section 611(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section611/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be considered to have failed of selection for promotion.
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An officer in a grade below the grade of colonel or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, captain who is in or above the promotion zone established for his grade and competitive category under [section 623 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section623&num=0&edition=prelim) and is considered but not selected for promotion by a selection board convened under [section 611(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section611/a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be considered to have failed of selection for promotion.
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**(a)** Before convening a selection board under [section 611(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section611/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to consider officers for promotion to any grade above first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade), the Secretary of the military department concerned shall establish a promotion zone for officers serving in each grade and competitive category to be considered by the board.
**(b)** The Secretary concerned shall determine the number of officers in the promotion zone for officers serving in any grade and competitive category from among officers who are eligible for promotion in that grade and competitive category. Such determination shall be made on the basis of an estimate of—
(1) the number of officers needed in that competitive category in the next higher grade in each of the next five years;
(2) the number of officers to be serving in that competitive category in the next higher grade in each of the next five years;
(3) in the case of a promotion zone for officers to be promoted to a grade to which [section 523 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section523&num=0&edition=prelim) is applicable, the number of officers authorized for such grade under such section to be on active duty on the last day of each of the next five fiscal years; and
(4) the number of officers that should be placed in that promotion zone in each of the next five years to provide to officers in those years relatively similar opportunity for promotion.
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**(a)** Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher permanent grade, under subchapter II of this chapter, officers on the active-duty list in each permanent grade from first lieutenant through brigadier general in the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Space Force and from lieutenant (junior grade) through rear admiral (lower half) in the Navy. The preceding sentence 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 624(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section624/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim) all such officers whom the Secretary finds to be fully qualified for promotion.
**(b)** Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the military department concerned may convene selection boards to recommend officers for continuation on active duty under [section 637 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section637&num=0&edition=prelim) or for early retirement under [section 638 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section638&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** The convening of selection boards under subsections (a) and (b) shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
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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) 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) In General.—** Except as provided in this section, sections 627 through 632 of this title shall apply to promotions of officers in competitive categories of officers designated for purposes of this subchapter.
**(b) Inapplicability of Failure of Selection for Promotion to Officers Above Promotion Zone.—** The reference in [section 627 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section627&num=0&edition=prelim) to an officer above the promotion zone shall not apply in the promotion of officers described in subsection (a).
**(c) Special Selection Board Matters.—** The reference in [section 628(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section628/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim) to a person above the promotion zone shall not apply in the promotion of officers described in subsection (a).
**(d) Effect of Failure of Selection.—** In the administration of this subchapter pursuant to subsection (a)—
(1) an officer described in subsection (a) shall not be deemed to have failed twice of selection for promotion for purposes of [section 629(e)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section629/e/2&num=0&edition=prelim) until the officer has failed selection of promotion to the next higher grade the maximum number of times specified for opportunities for promotion to such grade within the competitive category concerned pursuant to [section 649d of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section649d&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) any reference in section 631(a) or 632(a) of this title to an officer who has failed of selection for promotion to the next higher grade for the second time shall be deemed to ref
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Page 611
TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 628
manders of the Navy’’, was executed by making the
amendment to the analysis for this subchapter to re-
flect the probable intent of Congress.
2021—Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title V, § 505(a)(2), Jan. 1,
2021, 134 Stat. 3568, added item 628a.
2008—Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 503(a)(3), Jan.
28, 2008, 122 Stat. 95, substituted ‘‘six years’’ for ‘‘five
years’’ in item 630.
2001—Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 505(d)(4), Dec.
28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1088, struck out ‘‘regular’’ before
‘‘commissioned officers’’ in item 630, struck out ‘‘reg-
ular’’ before ‘‘first lieutenants’’ in item 631, and struck
out ‘‘regular’’ before ‘‘captains and majors’’ and before
‘‘lieutenants and lieutenant commanders’’ in item 632.
1997—Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title V, § 506(c), Nov. 18,
1997, 111 Stat. 1726, substituted ‘‘regular officers in
grades above brigadier general and rear admiral (lower
half)’’ for ‘‘regular major generals and rear admirals’’
in item 636.
1985—Pub. L. 99–145, title V, § 514(b)(5)(B), Nov. 8, 1985,
99 Stat. 628, substituted ‘‘rear admirals (lower half)’’
for ‘‘commodores’’ in item 635.
1981—Pub. L. 97–86, title IV, § 405(b)(5)(B), Dec. 1, 1981,
95 Stat. 1106, substituted ‘‘commodores’’ for ‘‘com-
modore admirals’’ in item 635.
§ 627. Failure of selection for promotion
An officer in a grade below the grade of colo-
nel or, in the case of an officer of the Navy, cap-
tain who is in or above the promotion zone es-
tablished for his grade and competitive category
under section 623 of this title and is considered
but not selected for promotion by a selection
board convened under section 611(a) of this title
shall be considered to have failed of selection for
promotion.
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, §
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