14 USC § 3743 - Eligibility for promotion

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title: "14 USC § 3743 - Eligibility for promotion"
title_number: 14
title_name: "COAST GUARD"
section_number: "3743"
section_name: "Eligibility for promotion"
chapter_number: 37
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD RESERVE"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1011, § 732; renumbered § 3743 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 118(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233, 4240; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8202(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4643.)"
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# § 3743. Eligibility for promotion

**(a)** **In General.—** Except as provided in subsection (b), a Reserve officer is eligible for consideration for promotion and for promotion under this subchapter if that officer is in an active status.

**1** **Exception.—** A Reserve officer who has been considered but not recommended for retention in an active status by a board convened under subsection 3752(a) [^1] of this title is not eligible for consideration for promotion.

So in original. Probably should be “section 3752(a)”.

**(c)** **Request for Exclusion.—**

**(1)** **In general.—** The Commandant may provide that an officer may, upon the officer’s request and with the approval of the Commandant, 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.

**(2)** **Approval of request.—** The Commandant shall approve a request under paragraph (1) only if—

**(A)** the basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, another assignment of significant value to the Coast Guard, a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment or education, or a qualifying personal or professional circumstance, as determined by the Commandant;

**(B)** the Commandant determines the exclusion from consideration is in the best interest of the Coast Guard; and

**(C)** the officer has not previously failed of selection for promotion to the grade for which the officer requests the exclusion from consideration.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–322, § 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1011, § 732; renumbered § 3743 and amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 118(b), 123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4233, 4240; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXII [LXXXII], § 8202(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4643.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in  prior to the complete revision of former chapter 21 of this title by .

### Amendments

2021— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text 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 sub, is not eligible for consideration for promotion.”

2018—, substituted “subsection 3752(a)” for “subsection 741(a)”.

, renumbered  as this section.