10 U.S.C. § 8470 — Permanent professors: promotion

submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-181 to r/title-10-ARMED-FORCES · 119 words · no verdicts yet

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A permanent professor at the Naval Academy can be recommended for promotion to captain or colonel. The Secretary of the Navy must use a competitive selection board to pick the best-qualified candidates. Any resulting promotion can't take effect until at least three years after the officer became a permanent professor.

(a) Promotion. An officer serving as a permanent professor can be recommended for promotion to captain (Navy) or colonel (Marine Corps), under regulations the Secretary of the Navy sets. Those regulations must include a competitive selection board to identify the permanent professors best qualified for promotion. If the President, with the Senate's advice and consent, appoints a recommended officer to the higher grade, that officer is promoted. (b) Effective Date of Promotion. If an officer is promoted under (a), the promotion can't take effect any earlier than three years after that officer was selected as a permanent professor.

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(a)Promotion.—

An officer serving as a permanent professor may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. The regulations shall include a competitive selection board process to identify those permanent professors best qualified for promotion. An officer so recommended shall be promoted by appointment to the higher grade by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

(b)Effective Date of Promotion.—

If made, the promotion of an officer under subsection (a) shall be effective not earlier than three years after the selection of the officer as a permanent professor as described in that subsection.

Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 508(a)(1)(B), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 97, § 6970; renumbered § 8470, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

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2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-181 · 122 Stat. 97
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-232 · 132 Stat. 1836

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