2011 US Code
Title 14 - Coast Guard
Part I - REGULAR COAST GUARD (§§ 1 - 693)
Chapter 11 - PERSONNEL (§§ 211 - 440)
Content - OFFICERS (§§ 211 - 336)
Content - b. selection for promotion (§§ 251 - 262)
Section 258 - Selection boards; information to be furnished boards

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 14 - COAST GUARD
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 14 - COAST GUARD
PART I - REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 11 - PERSONNEL
OFFICERS
b. selection for promotion
Sec. 258 - Selection boards; information to be furnished boards
Containssection 258
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawYes
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditAdded Pub. L. 88-130, §1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 180; amended Pub. L. 89-444, §1(17), June 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 196; Pub. L. 104-324, title II, §212, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3915; Pub. L. 111-281, title II, §212(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2914.
Statutes at Large References77 Stat. 180
80 Stat. 196
110 Stat. 3915
124 Stat. 2914
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 88-130, Public Law 89-444, Public Law 104-324, Public Law 111-281

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14 USC § 258 (2011)
§258. Selection boards; information to be furnished boards

(a) In General.—The Secretary shall furnish the appropriate selection board convened under section 251 of this title with—

(1) the number of officers that the board may recommend for promotion to the next higher grade; and

(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.


(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 251 of this title.

(Added Pub. L. 88–130, §1(10)(C), Sept. 24, 1963, 77 Stat. 180; amended Pub. L. 89–444, §1(17), June 9, 1966, 80 Stat. 196; Pub. L. 104–324, title II, §212, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3915; Pub. L. 111–281, title II, §212(2), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2914.)

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–281 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, substituted “with—” for “with:” in introductory provisions, and added subsec. (b).

1996—Cl. (2). Pub. L. 104–324 struck out “, with identification of those officers who are in the promotion zone” after “officers for promotion”.

1966—Pub. L. 89–444 substituted “officers who are eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion” for “officers to be considered by the board” in cl. 2.

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