Pub. L. 83-773, tit. IV, sec. 413

Sec. 413. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a Reserve officer above the grade of ensign or second lieutenant to whom this title applies may be promoted under regulations prescribed by the Secretary whenever any part or parts of the law governing the promotion of his running mate are suspended by the President. A Reserve officer of the grade of ensign or second lieutenant may be promoted under regulations prescribed by the Secretary whenever officers of the corresponding Regular component of the same grade are being promoted with less than three years’ service. Such regulations shall provide for equality of opportunity for consideration for promotion among the officers of the Naval Reserve and among the officers of the Marine Corps Reserve, respectively. (b) Reserve officers may be promoted under this section in such numbers as the Secretary may prescribe. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the promotion of the running mate of a Reserve officer is on a temporary basis, the promotion of the Reserve officer shall be on a temporary basis. If subsequently the running mate is reverted to a lower grade (for reasons other than disciplinary), the Reserve officer shall likewise revert to the same lower grade in the same manner as his running mate and take corresponding precedence. If the running mate is permanently appointed in the grade in which he is serving on a temporary basis, the Reserve officer likewise may be permanently appointed to the grade in which he is serving on a temporary basis.