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Title 10 - Armed Forces
Subtitle A - General Military Law
Part II - Personnel
Chapter 36 - Promotion, Separation, and Involuntary Retirement of Officers on the Active-Duty List
Subchapter II - Promotions
Sec. 621 - Competitive categories for promotion
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10 U.S.C. § 621 (2017) |
§621. Competitive categories for promotion |
Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of each military department shall establish competitive categories for promotion. Each officer whose name appears on an active-duty list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion. |
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, §105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2856.) |
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 section 101 of this title. |
United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 10 - ARMED FORCES |
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Title 10 - ARMED FORCES Subtitle A - General Military Law PART II - PERSONNEL CHAPTER 36 - PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST SUBCHAPTER II - PROMOTIONS Sec. 621 - Competitive categories for promotion |
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94 Stat. 2856 |
Public Law 96-513 |
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