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S 1380 115th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves

Promotion Board Opt-Out Opportunity Act of 2017

Introduced: June 20, 2017 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jun 20, 2017
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Promotion Board Opt-Out Opportunity Act of 2017

This bill authorizes the Department of Defense (DOD) to permit an active duty officer or a reserve active-status list officer to request exclusion from consideration by a selection board for promotion to the next higher grade.

A military department may approve such a request only if: (1) the basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, another assignment of significant value to DOD, or a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment or education; (2) the military department concerned determines that such exclusion is in its best interest; and (3) the officer has not previously failed to be selected for promotion to the grade for which such exclusion is requested.

What's happening now June 20, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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