Authority to waive prohibition on officers serving on successive selection boards for boards to consider officers for promotion to major general or rear admiral

Section 612(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (1) after (b); and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) in the case of a selection board that will consider officers for recommendation for promotion to the grade of major general or rear admiral if the Secretary of the military department determines that qualified officers on the active-duty list or Space Force officer list or otherwise authorized to serve on the board are not available in sufficient number to comprise that selection board..

Section 612(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting (1) after (b); and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) in the case of a selection board that will consider officers for recommendation for promotion to the grade of major general or rear admiral if the Secretary of the military department determines that qualified officers on the active-duty list or Space Force officer list or otherwise authorized to serve on the board are not available in sufficient number to comprise that selection board..