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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 36— PROMOTION, SEPARATION, AND INVOLUNTARY RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS ON THE ACTIVE-DUTY LIST · SUBCHAPTER III— FAILURE OF SELECTION FOR PROMOTION AND RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE · § 630

§ 630.

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The Secretary of the military department concerned, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense—
(1)may discharge any officer on the active-duty list who—
(A)has less than six years of active commissioned service; or
(B)is serving in the grade of second lieutenant or ensign and has been found not qualified for promotion to the grade of first lieutenant or lieutenant (junior grade); and
(2)shall, unless the officer has been promoted, discharge any officer described in paragraph (1)(B) at the end of the 18-month period beginning on the date on which the officer is first found not qualified for promotion.
(Added Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2861; amended Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(11), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2622; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 505(d)(2), (4)(A), Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1088; Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 505(b), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1457; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 503(a)(1), (2), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 95.)
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  • Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105
  • 94 Stat. 2861
  • Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(11)
  • 98 Stat. 2622
  • Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 505(d)(2)
  • 115 Stat. 1088
  • Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title V, § 505(b)
  • 117 Stat. 1457
  • Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 503(a)(1)
  • 122 Stat. 95
  • Pub. L. 110–181, § 503(a)(2)
  • Pub. L. 110–181, § 503(a)(1)
  • Pub. L. 108–136
  • Pub. L. 107–107, § 505(d)(4)(A)
  • Pub. L. 107–107, § 505(d)(2)
  • Pub. L. 98–525
  • section 701 of Pub. L. 96–513
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–513, title I, § 105
Stat.94 Stat. 2861
Pub. L.Pub. L. 98–525, title XIV, § 1405(11)
Stat.98 Stat. 2622
Pub. L.Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title V, § 505(d)(2)
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