Pub. L. 83-773, tit. V, sec. 514

Sec. 514. (a) A Reserve officer serving on active duty in a temporary grade higher than his permanent grade and who was promoted to that temporary grade under a general selection board procedure shall, upon application, be promoted to the next higher permanent grade upon completing the promotion service prescribed by section 506 (b) of this title without further selection board action. If he is an officer of the Air National Guard of the United States and applies for permanent promotion under this section, the Governor or other appropriate authority of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, whichever is concerned, may promote the officer to fill a vacancy specially created, if necessary, in the State or Territory, or in the District of Columbia, whichever is concerned. If the officer is promoted he shall be extended Federal recognition in the higher grade, without the examination prescribed in section 75 of the National Defense Act, as amended, effective on the date of that promotion. If he is not promoted in the Air National Guard of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, whichever is concerned, within ninety days after his application therefor, Federal recognition in his permanent grade shall be terminated and he shall be transferred to the Air Force Reserve and promoted. 68 Stat. 1177 (b) A Reserve officer serving on active duty in a temporary grade higher than his permanent grade, who was promoted to that temporary grade under any procedure, and who is released from active duty before completing the promotion service in grade prescribed in section 506 (b) of this title, shall retain that temporary grade. After completing that prescribed promotion service in grade, an officer of the Air Force Reserve shall, upon application, be promoted to the next higher permanent grade without regard to vacancies in that grade. (c) An officer of the Air National Guard of the United States who is appointed to a temporary grade under subsection (b) shall, if promoted to the same grade in the Air National Guard of the State, Territory, or the District of Columbia, whichever is concerned, be extended Federal recognition in that grade, without the examination prescribed by section 75 of the National Defense Act, as amended, and if necessary be carried as an additional number therein until a vacancy occurs, but not to exceed two years. If such a vacancy does not occur within two years, his Federal recognition shall be terminated, and he shall be transferred to the Air Force Reserve. (d) This section applies only to officers who have performed active duty in a higher temporary grade since June 26, 1950.