Pub. L. 83-773, tit. II, sec. 203

Sec. 203. (a) Selection boards and other boards of officers appointed under this Act shall be appointed and convened by the appropriate Secretary or by such competent authority as the appropriate Secretary may direct. (b) At least 50 per centum of the members of any selection board appointed under the provisions of this Act shall, to the extent practicable, be Reserve officers. All members of any selection board shall 68 Stat. 1151 be senior in permanent grade and temporary rank to any officer being considered by that board. (c) Selection boards shall serve for such length of time as the appropriate Secretary may prescribe, but no board shall serve longer than one year. No officer shall serve on two consecutive selection boards when the second of such boards considers any of the officers who were considered but not recommended for promotion to the same grade by the first selection board upon which he served. (d) Each selection board shall be composed of not less than five members which number shall constitute a quorum. Every officer who is appointed a member of a selection board will swear or affirm that he will without prejudice or partiality and, having in view both the special fitness of officers and the efficiency of his Armed Force, perform the duties imposed on him as a member of such board. Not less than a majority of the total membership of any selection board must concur in each recommendation made by the board. (e) Any officer eligible for consideration for promotion by any selection board shall have the right to forward through official channels a written communication inviting attention to any matter of record in the Armed Forces concerning himself which he deems important to his consideration which must arrive at a time not later than the convening of the selection board. The communication may not criticize or reflect upon the character, conduct, or motive of any officer.