Pub. L. 83-773, tit. V, sec. 510

Sec. 510. (a) Irrespective of the existence of a vacancy in the next higher grade, each Reserve officer in the grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major shall be considered for promotion sufficiently in advance of the date on which he completes four, seven, or seven years of promotion service in grade, respectively, and seven, fourteen, or twenty-one total years of service, respectively, so that, if recommended for promotion by the selection board, he may be promoted effective on the date upon which he completes that service. (b) Based upon the number of existing and anticipated vacancies in the Air Force Reserve in the grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel, the Secretary may direct a selection board to consider and 68 Stat. 1175 recommend Reserve officers for promotion to those grades. The names of the officers to be considered shall include— (1) the name of the senior officer in the grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major, as the case may be, and whose name is not on a recommended list; and (2) the name of such additional officers in those grades, in order of seniority, as the Secretary may prescribe. (c) This section does not apply to the promotion of female Reserve officers designated as nurses or women medical specialists to a grade above captain, or to the promotion of any female Reserve officer appointed under section 310 of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U. S. C. 627i), to a grade above major.