Pub. L. 83-773, tit. V, sec. 521

Sec. 521. Each officer of the Air National Guard of the United States recommended for promotion to the grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel, by a selection board under this title, who— (1) is, before the date on which he would be promoted under section 511 of this title, appointed in, or promoted to, the next higher grade to fill an authorized vacancy in the Air National Guard of a State, a Territory or the District of Columbia, shall be extended Federal recognition, without the examination pre- 68 Stat. 1180 scribed in section 75 of the National Defense Act, as amended, in the higher grade and promoted effective on the date upon which he is appointed in or promoted to the higher grade in the Air National Guard of the State, the Territory, or the District of Columbia; or (2) is not sooner appointed in or promoted to the next higher grade in the Air National Guard of a State, a Territory, or the District of Columbia, shall, effective on the date he must be promoted under section 511 of this title, have his Federal recognition terminated, be transferred to the Air Force Reserve, and be promoted.