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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 6395 (Enrolled) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 504

Sec. 504. Requirement for promotion selection board recommendation of higher placement on promotion list of officers of particular merit

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Section 616(h) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking may and inserting shall ; and by inserting pursuant to guidelines and procedures prescribed by the Secretary, after officers of particular merit, ; and in paragraph (3), by inserting , pursuant to guidelines and procedures prescribed by the Secretary concerned, after shall recommend . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to officers recommended for promotion by promotion selection boards convened on or after that date.
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