Pub. L. 83-773, tit. V, sec. 515

Sec. 515. (a) A female Reserve officer appointed under section 310 of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U. S. C. 627i) may not be promoted to a grade above lieutenant colonel. (b) A female Reserve officer designated as a nurse or woman medical specialist in the grade of captain or higher may be promoted only to fill an authorized vacancy in her category. (c) A female Reserve officer who is in the grade of major, and who was appointed under section 310 of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948 (5 U. S. C. 627i), may be promoted only to fill an authorized vacancy in her category. (d) The Secretary shall furnish to selection boards the names of female Reserve officers to be considered under this section for promotion to grades above captain, and shall direct the board to recommend a number prescribed by him for promotion to the appropriate grade. The board shall recommend the prescribed number of those officers whom it considers to be the best qualified of those named for consideration.