10 U.S.C. § 14001 — Applicability of this part

Page 3716 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 12774 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘Alternative Promotion Authority for Officers in Designated Competitive Categories’’. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(k)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3005.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in section 1374(d) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(k)(2). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro- vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. § 12774. Retired lists (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Sec- retary concerned, there shall be maintained re- tired lists containing the names of the Reserves of the armed forces under the Secretary’s juris- diction who are in the Retired Reserve. (b) The Secretary of the Navy shall maintain a United States Naval Reserve Retired List con- taining the names of members of the Navy Re- serve and the Marine Corps Reserve entitled to retired pay. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1662(k)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3006; amended Pub. L. 109–163, div. A, title V, § 515(b)(1)(NN), Jan. 6, 2006, 119 Stat. 3234.) Editorial Notes PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in sections 1376(a) and 6017 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1662(k)(2), (3)(A)(i). AMENDMENTS 2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–163 substituted ‘‘the Navy Reserve’’ for ‘‘the Naval Reserve’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro- vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. PART III—PROMOTION AND RETEN- TION OF OFFICERS ON THE RE- SERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LIST Chap. Sec. 1401. Applicability and Reserve Active-Sta- tus Lists ............................................. 14001 1403. Selection Boards .................................... 14101 1405. Promotions ............................................ 14301 1407. Failure of Selection for Promotion and Involuntary Separation ..................... 14501 1409. Continuation of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List and Selective Early Removal ................................... 14701 1411. Additional Provisions Relating to In- voluntary Separation ......................... 14901 1413. Alternative promotion authority for of- ficers in designated competitive cat- egories 1 .............................................. 15101 Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2023—Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, § 514(b), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 248, added item for chapter 1413. CHAPTER 1401—APPLICABILITY AND RESERVE ACTIVE-STATUS LISTS Sec. 14001. Applicability of this part. 14002. Reserve active-status lists: requirement for each armed force. 14003. Reserve active-status lists: position of offi- cers on the list. 14004. Reserve active-status lists: eligibility for Re- serve promotion. 14005. Competitive categories. 14006. Determination of years in grade. § 14001. Applicability of this part This chapter and chapters 1403 through 1411 of this title apply, as appropriate, to all reserve of- ficers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps except warrant officers. (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2922.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. EFFECTS OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR ARMY AND AIR FORCE OFFICERS Section 1682 of title XVI of div. A of Pub. L. 103–337 provided that: ‘‘(a) PROMOTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES.—A reserve com- missioned officer of the Army or Air Force (other than a commissioned warrant officer) who, on the day before the effective date of this title [Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title], is rec- ommended for promotion to fill a vacancy in the Army Reserve or the Air Force Reserve under section 3383, 3384, 8372, or 8373 of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title, in the next higher reserve grade shall be considered to have been recommended for promotion to that grade by a vacancy promotion board under section 14101(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title. ‘‘(b) PROMOTIONS OTHER THAN TO FILL VACANCIES.—A reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who, on the day before the effective date of this title, is rec- ommended for promotion under section 3366, 3367, 3370, 3371, 8366, or 8371 of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title, to a reserve grade higher than the grade in which the officer is serving shall be considered to have been rec- ommended for promotion by a mandatory promotion board convened under section 14101(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title. ‘‘(c) OFFICERS FOUND QUALIFIED FOR PROMOTION TO FIRST LIEUTENANT.—A reserve officer of the Army or Air Force who, on the effective date of this title, holds the grade of second lieutenant and has been found qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant in accordance with section 3365, 3382, or 8365 of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title, shall be promoted to that grade on the date on which the officer would have been promoted under the provisions of chapter 337 or 837 of such title, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title, unless sooner promoted under regula- tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Army or the Page 3717 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 14002 Secretary of the Air Force under section 14308(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title. ‘‘(d) OFFICERS ONCE FAILED OF SELECTION.—(1) A re- serve officer of the Army in the grade of first lieuten- ant, captain, or major who, on the day before the effec- tive date of this title, has been considered once but not recommended for promotion to the next higher reserve grade under section 3366 or 3367 of title 10, United States Code, or a reserve officer of the Air Force in the grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major who, on the day before the effective date of this title, is a deferred officer within the meaning of section 8368 of such title, shall be considered to have been considered once but not selected for promotion by a board convened under section 14101(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title. If the officer is later considered for promotion by a selection board convened under that section and is not selected for promotion (or is selected for promotion but declines to accept the promotion), the officer shall be considered for all purposes to have twice failed of selection for promotion. ‘‘(2) In the case of a reserve officer of the Army or Air Force in an active status who, on the day before the ef- fective date of this title, is in the grade of first lieuten- ant, captain, or major and whose name has been re- moved, under the provisions of section 3363(f) of title 10, United States Code, from a list of officers rec- ommended for promotion or who has previously not been promoted because the President declined to ap- point the officer in the next higher grade under section 8377 of such title as in effect on the day before the ef- fective date of this title, or whose name was removed from a list of officers recommended for promotion to the next higher grade because the Senate did not con- sent to the officer’s appointment, if the officer is later considered for promotion by a selection board convened by section 14101(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title, and (A) is not selected for pro- motion, (B) is selected for promotion but removed from the list of officers recommended or approved for pro- motion, or (C) is selected for promotion but declines to accept the promotion, the officer shall be considered for all purposes to have twice failed of selection for promotion. ‘‘(e) OFFICERS TWICE FAILED OF SELECTION.—A reserve officer of the Army or Air Force in an active status who, on the day before the effective date of this title, is in the grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major and on that date is subject to be treated as prescribed in section 3846 or 8846 of title 10, United States Code, shall continue to be governed by that section as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title. ‘‘(f) OFFICERS WITH APPROVED PROMOTION DECLINA- TIONS IN EFFECT.—A reserve officer of the Army who, on the day before the effective date of this title, has de- clined a promotion under subsection (f) or (g) of section 3364 of title 10, United States Code, shall while carried on the reserve active status list be subject to the provi- sions of subsections (h), (i), and (j) of such section, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title, except that the name of an officer to whom this section applies shall be placed on a promotion list under section 14308(a) of title 10, United States Code (as added by this title), and, at the end of the approved pe- riod of declination, shall be considered to have failed of promotion if the officer again declines to accept the promotion. ‘‘(g) COVERED OFFICERS.—This section applies to re- serve officers of the Army and Air Force who— ‘‘(1) on the day before the effective date of this title are in an active status; and ‘‘(2) on the effective date of this title are subject to placement on the reserve active-status list of the Army or the Air Force.’’ EFFECTS OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR NAVY AND MARINE CORPS OFFICERS Section 1683 of title XVI of div. A of Pub. L. 103–337 provided that: ‘‘(a) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROMOTION.—An officer covered by this section who, on the day before the ef- fective date of this title [Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title], has been recommended for promotion to a reserve grade higher than the grade in which the officer is serving shall be considered to have been recommended for promotion to that grade under section 14101(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title. ‘‘(b) FAILURES OF SELECTION.—An officer covered by this section who, on the day before the effective date of this title is considered to have failed of selection for promotion one or more times under chapter 549 of title 10, United States Code, to a grade below captain, in the case of a reserve officer of the Navy, or to a grade below colonel, in the case of a reserve officer of the Ma- rine Corps, shall be subject to chapters 1405 and 1407 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title, as if such failure or failures had occurred under the provi- sions of those chapters. ‘‘(c) OFFICERS OTHER THAN COVERED OFFICERS REC- OMMENDED FOR PROMOTION.—A reserve officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who on the day before the effec- tive date of this title (1) has been recommended for pro- motion in the approved report of a selection board con- vened under chapter 549 of title 10, United States Code, and (2) was on the active-duty list of the Navy or Ma- rine Corps may be promoted under that chapter, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title. ‘‘(d) OFFICERS FOUND QUALIFIED FOR PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE) OR FIRST LIEUTENANT.—A covered officer who, on the effective date of this title, holds the grade of second lieutenant and has been found qualified for promotion in accordance with section 5908 or 5910 of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title, shall be promoted on the date on which the officer would have been promoted under the provisions of chapter 549 of such title, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title, unless sooner promoted under regula- tions prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy under section 14307(b) of such title, as added by this title. ‘‘(e) OFFICERS WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN OMITTED FROM A LIST FURNISHED TO A SELECTION BOARD.—A cov- ered officer whose name, as of the effective date of this title, had been omitted by administrative error from the list of officers furnished the most recent selection board to consider officers of the same grade and compo- nent, shall be considered by a special selection board established under section 14502 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title. If the officer is selected for promotion by that board, the officer shall be promoted as specified in section 5904 of title 10, United States Code, as in effect on the day before the effective date of this title. ‘‘(f) COVERED OFFICERS.—Except as provided in sub- section (c), this section applies to any reserve officer of the Navy or Marine Corps who (1) before the effective date of this title is in an active status, and (2) on the effective date of this title is subject to placement on the reserve active-status list of the Navy or Marine Corps.’’ § 14002. Reserve active-status lists: requirement for each armed force (a) The Secretary of each military department shall maintain a single list, to be known as the reserve active-status list, for each armed force under the Secretary’s jurisdiction. That list shall include the names of all reserve officers of that armed force who are in an active status other than those on an active-duty list described in section 620 of this title or warrant officers (including commissioned warrant officers). (b) The reserve active-status list for the Army shall include officers in the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard of the United States. The reserve active-status list for the Air Force