Pub. L. 83-773, tit. V, sec. 512

Sec. 512. (a) When a Reserve officer in the grade of first lieutenant, captain, or major must be considered by a selection board for promotion because he will complete the prescribed number of years of promotion service in grade and total years of service, the Secretary may furnish to the selection board the names of such officers to be considered for promotion to the grade concerned and direct the board to recommend those whom it considers fully qualified for promotion. (b) Whenever Reserve officers are to be considered by a selection board for promotion to fill existing or anticipated vacancies, the Secretary may direct the board to— (1) consider the officers whose names are referred to it in the order of their seniority; (2) recommend those considered who are fully qualified for promotion; (3) pass over those who are not fully qualified for promotion; and (4) continue such procedure until the number of officers specified by him to be recommended is obtained. (c) In lieu of the procedure prescribed in subsection (a) or (b), the Secretary may furnish to a selection board the names of Reserve officers to be considered by it and direct the board to recommend for promotion a specific number of officers whom the board considers to be the best qualified of those named for consideration. When officers are considered for promotion to the grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel, under this subsection, the selection board shall recommend for promotion at least 80 percent of the officers named for consideration. (d) 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.