Promotion .—
An officer serving as a permanent professor may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. The regulations shall include a competitive selection board process to identify those permanent professors best qualified for promotion. An officer so recommended shall be promoted by appointment to the higher grade by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Effective Date of Promotion .—
If made, the promotion of an officer under subsection (a) shall be effective not earlier than three years after the selection of the officer as a permanent professor as described in that subsection.
Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title V, § 508(a)(1)(B)122 Stat. 97Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1)132 Stat. 1836(Added , , , § 6970; renumbered § 8470, , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–232section 6970 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2018 Amendment
Pub. L. 115–232section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .