Sec. 201. Authority for officers to opt out of promotion board consideration
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Section 2113 of title 14, United States Code, is amended— by striking he each place it appears and inserting the officer ; by striking his each place it appears and inserting the officer's ; in subsection (c), by striking him and inserting the officer ; and by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Commandant may provide that an officer may, upon the officer’s request, be excluded from consideration by a selection board convened under 2106 of this title to consider officers for promotion to the next higher grade. The Commandant may only approve a request under paragraph
(1)if— the basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, a unique personal or professional goal, or another assignment of significant value to the Coast Guard, or a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment, education, or goal; the Commandant determines the exclusion from consideration is in the best interest of the Coast Guard; and the officer has not previously failed selection for promotion to the grade for which the officer requests the exclusion from consideration. . The text of section 3743 of title 14, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: A Reserve officer is eligible for consideration for promotion and for promotion under this subchapter, if that officer is in an active status. A Reserve officer who has been considered but not recommended for retention in an active status by a board convened under section 3752(a) of this title, is not eligible for consideration for promotion. The Commandant may provide that an officer may, upon the officer’s request, be excluded from consideration by a selection board convened under section 3740(b) of this title to consider officers for promotion to the next higher grade. The Commandant may only approve a request under paragraph
(1)if— the basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, a unique personal or professional goal, or another assignment of significant value to the Coast Guard, or a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment, education, or goal; the Commandant determines the exclusion from consideration is in the best interest of the Coast Guard; and the officer has not previously failed of selection for promotion to the grade for which the officer requests the exclusion from consideration. .