10 U.S.C. § 14704 — Selective early removal from the reserve active-status list

Whenever the Secretary of the military department concerned determines that there are in any reserve component under the jurisdiction of the Secretary too many officers in any grade^* and competitive category who have at least 30 years of service computed under section 14706 of this title or at least 20 years of service computed under section 12732 of this title, the Secretary may convene a selection board under section 14101(b) of this title to consider officers on the reserve active-status list who are in that grade and competitive category, and who have that amount of service, for the purpose of recommending officers by name for removal from that list.

Except as provided in paragraph (3), the list of officers in a reserve component whose names are submitted to a board under paragraph (1) shall include each officer^* on the reserve active-status list for that reserve component in the same grade and competitive category whose position on the reserve active-status list is between—

A list submitted to a board under paragraph (1) may not include an officer who—