--- kind: "section" citation: "10 U.S.C. § 14310" title: "10" title_heading: "Armed Forces" number: "14310" heading: "Removal of officers from a list of officers recommended for promotion" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/14310" units: - "Subtitle E — Reserve Components" - "Part III — Promotion and Retention of Officers on the Reserve Active-Status List" - "Chapter 1405 — Promotions" --- # §14310. Removal of officers from a list of officers recommended for promotion - (a) **Removal by President.—** The President may remove the name of any [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) from a promotion list at any time before the date on which the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) is promoted. - (b) **Removal for Withholding of Senate Advice and Consent.—** If the Senate does not give its advice and consent to the appointment to the next higher [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) of an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) whose name is on a list of [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) approved by the President for promotion (except in the case of promotions to a [reserve](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-6) [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) to which appointments may be made by the President alone), the name of that [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) shall be removed from the list. - (c) **Removal After 18 Months.—** - (1) If an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) whose name is on a list of [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) approved for promotion under [section 14308(a) of this title](/usc/10/14308.md?p=a) to a [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) for which appointment is required by [section 12203(a) of this title](/usc/10/12203.md?p=a) to be made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate is not appointed to that [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) under such section during the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s promotion eligibility period, the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s name shall be removed from the list unless as of the end of such period the Senate has given its advice and consent to the appointment. - (2) Before the end of the promotion eligibility period with respect to an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) under [paragraph (1)](#c-1), the President may extend that period for purposes of [paragraph (1)](#c-1) by an additional 12 months. - (3) In this subsection, the term “promotion eligibility period” means, with respect to an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) whose name is on a list of [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) approved for promotion under [section 14308(a) of this title](/usc/10/14308.md?p=a) to a [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) for which appointment is required by [section 12203(a) of this title](/usc/10/12203.md?p=a) to be made by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, the period beginning on the date on which the list is so approved and ending on the first day of the eighteenth month following the month during which the list is so approved. - (d) **Administrative Removal.—** Under regulations prescribed by the [Secretary concerned](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-9), if an [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) on the [reserve active-status list](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-7) is discharged or dropped from the rolls or transferred to a retired status after having been recommended for promotion to a higher [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) under this chapter or having been found qualified for Federal recognition in the higher [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) under [title 32](/usc/32.md), but before being promoted, the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s name shall be administratively removed from the list of [officers](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) recommended for promotion by a selection board. - (e) **Continued Eligibility for Promotion.—** An [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) whose name is removed from a list under subsection [(a)](#a), [(b)](#b), or [(c)](#c) continues to be eligible for consideration for promotion. If that [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) is recommended for promotion by the next selection board convened for that [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) and competitive category and the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) is promoted, the [Secretary](/usc/10/12521.md?p=4) of the military [department](/usc/10/12521.md?p=5) concerned may, upon the promotion, grant the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) the same date of [rank](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-8), the same effective date for the [pay](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-15) and allowances of the [grade](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-7) to which promoted, and the same position on the [reserve active-status list](/usc/10/101.md?p=c-7), as the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) would have had if the [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1)’s name had not been removed from the list. ## Source credit (Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1611, Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2938; amended Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title V, § 515(b), Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2186; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, § 1063(a)(16), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 322; Pub. L. 111–383, div. A, title V, § 504(b), title X, § 1075(f)(7), Jan. 7, 2011, 124 Stat. 4208, 4376.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Prior Provisions Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 5905 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–337, § 1629(b)(2). ### Amendments 2011—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 111–383, § 504(b)(2), added subsec. (d). Former subsec. (d) redesignated (e). Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 111–383, § 1075(f)(7), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 110–181, § 1063(a)(16). See 2008 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 111–383, § 504(b)(1), redesignated subsec. (d) as (e). 2008—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–181, § 1063(a)(16), as amended by Pub. L. 111–383, § 1075(f)(7), inserted comma after “(a)”. 2006—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–364, § 515(b)(1)(B), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (d). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 109–364, § 515(b)(2), which directed amendment of par. (1) of subsec. (d) by substituting “(b), or (c)” for “or (b)”, was executed by amending text of subsec. (d), which does not contain any pars., to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 109–364, § 515(b)(1)(A), redesignated subsec. (c) as (d). ### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ### Effective Date of 2006 Amendment Amendment by Pub. L. 109–364 applicable to any promotion list approved by the President after Jan. 1, 2007, see section 515(c) of Pub. L. 109–364, set out as a note under section 629 of this title. ### Effective Date Section effective Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a note under section 10001 of this title. ### Removals From Promotion List Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI, § 1684(b), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 3024, as amended by Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title XV, § 1501(a)(9), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 495, provided that: “An action that was initiated before the effective date of this title [Oct. 1, 1996, see section 1691(b)(1), (2) of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as an Effective Date note under section 10001 of this title] under the laws and regulations in effect before that date to remove the name of an officer from a promotion list or from a list of officers recommended or approved for promotion shall continue on and after such date as if such action had been initiated under section 14111(c) or 14310, as appropriate, of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title.” ### Executive Documents ### Delegation of Functions For assignment of functions of President under subsec. (a) of this section, see section 1(d) of Ex. Ord. No. 13358, Sept. 28, 2004, 69 F.R. 58797, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President. Functions of President under subsec. (c)(2) of this section delegated to Secretary of Defense, with authority for Secretary to redelegate, see Ex. Ord. No. 13598, §§ 1(b), 2, Jan. 27, 2012, 77 F.R. 5371, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.