Procedures for selection of Space Force officers for promotion to major general

(a) Selection boards (1) Boards to recommend for promotion to major general officers who are exceptionally well qualified Subsection (a) of section 20215 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Criteria for recommendation of officers for promotion (1) A selection board convened under section 20211 of this title to consider officers for promotion to a grade below major general shall recommend for promotion to the next higher grade those officers considered by the board whom the board, giving due consideration to the needs of the Space Force for officers with particular skills (as noted in the guidelines or information furnished the board under section 615(b) of this title), considers best qualified for promotion within each competitive category considered by the board. (2) A selection board convened under section 20211 of this title to consider officers for promotion to the grade of major general shall recommend for promotion to such grade those officers considered by the board whom the board considers exceptionally well qualified for promotion.. (2) Requirement for majority action by board members Subsection (c)(3) of such section is amended by inserting after best qualified for promotion the following: (or, in the case of an officer recommended for promotion to the grade of major general, that the officer is exceptionally well qualified for promotion). (3) Inapplicability of provision relating to promotion list order Subsection (g)(1) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: This subsection does not apply to a selection board convened to consider officer for recommendation to the grade of major general.. (4) Reports of selection boards Section 20216(a)(2)) of such title is amended by inserting after best qualified for promotion the following: (or, in the case of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of major general, that the officers are exceptionally well qualified for promotion). (5) Inapplicability of authority to adjust placement of officers in board report Section 20217 of such title is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking or major general; and (B) in the section heading, by striking the last three words. (b) Promotions to major general (1) Promotions to fill vacancies Section 20239 of such title is amended— (A) in subsection (b)(3), by striking Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f) and inserting Except as provided in subsections (d), (f), and (g); (B) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and (C) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d): (d) Promotion to major general (1) Certificate of eligibility for promotion When the Senate gives it advice and consent to the promotion of an officer to the grade of major general, the Secretary of the Air Force shall issue to the officer a certificate of eligibility for promotion, dated as of the date on which the Senate gave its advice and consent. (2) Promotion to fill vacancy Officers who have a certificate of eligibility under paragraph (1) shall be promoted to fill vacancies as they occur in positions designated to carry the grade of major general. Such promotions shall be made in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Air Force, based upon the needs of the service. (3) Duration of certificate of eligibility A certificate of eligibility issued under paragraph (1) expires at the end of the period beginning on the date as of when the certificate of eligibility was issued and ending on the first day of the eighteenth month following the month during which the certificate was so issued.. (2) Removal from promotion list Section 20241 of such title is amended— (A) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; (B) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d): (d) Removal upon expiration of certificate of eligibility If an officer who has been issued a certificate of eligibility for promotion to the grade of major general under 20239(d) of this title is not appointed to such grade before the expiration of the certificate of eligibility pursuant to such section, the officer’s name shall be removed from the promotion list.; and (C) in paragraph (1) of subsection (f), as so redesignated— (i) by striking subsection (a), (b), or (c) and inserting subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d); and (ii) by adding at the end the following new sentence: The authority of the Secretary of the Air Force under the preceding sentence does not apply in the case of such an officer who is promoted to the grade of major general following removal from a list under subsection (d).. (c) Technical and conforming amendments Title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows: (1) Section 615(a)(1) is amended by striking or 20211. (2) Section 20203 is amended by redesignating the second subsection (b) and subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively. (3) Section 20214 is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: convened under section 20211 of this title in the same manner as to selection boards convened under section 611 of this title. (4) Section 20215(g)(1) is amended by striking section 624(a)(1) and inserting section 20239(a)(1). (5) Section 20217(a) is amended by striking section 20215 and inserting section 20216. (6) Section 20231 is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking section 14101(a) and inserting section 20211; and (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking section 20151 and inserting section 20252. (7) Section 20239 is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking modified and inserting adjusted; (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking subsection (f) and inserting subsection (g). (8) Section 20241(c) is amended by striking section 20238(a) in paragraphs (1) and (3) and inserting section 20239(a)(1). (9) Section 20251(a)(2) is amended by striking section 14201 and inserting section 14101.