automatic federal recognition

automatic federal recognition Sec. 320. Notwithstanding section 319 of this Act and section 75 of the National Defense Act, as amended— (1) an officer of the National Guard of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia in the grade of second lieutenant who is promoted to first lieutenant to fill an authorized vacancy in a unit thereof shall be automatically extended Federal recognition in the higher grade effective on the date he completes three years of promotion service or the date of the promotion, whichever is later; and (2) an officer of the Army Reserve in a grade above second lieutenant who is appointed in the next higher grade in the National Guard of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia to fill an authorized unit vacancy shall be automatically extended Federal recognition in the higher grade effective on the date of appointment if he has been recommended for promotion to the higher grade under the provisions of sections 309, 310, 312, or 317, and has remained in an active status since being recommended.