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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1790 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 503

Sec. 503. Furnishing of adverse information on officers to promotion selection boards

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Section 615(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by inserting
(A)after
(3); in subparagraph (A), as designated by paragraph (1), by striking a grade above colonel or, in the case of the Navy, captain, and inserting a grade specified in subparagraph
(B); and by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: A grade specified in this subparagraph is as follows: In the case of a regular officer, a grade above captain or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant. In the case of a reserve officer, a grade above lieutenant colonel or, in the case of the Navy, commander. . Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: The standards and procedures referred to in subparagraph
(A)shall require the furnishing to the selection board, and to each individual member of the board, the information described in that paragraph with regard to an officer in a grade specified in subparagraph
(B)at each stage or phase of the selection board, concurrent with the screening, rating, assessment, evaluation, discussion, or other consideration by the board or member of the official military personnel file of the officer, or of the officer. . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to the proceedings of promotion selection boards convened under section 611(a) of title 10, United States Code, after that date.
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