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[CITE: 14USC731]

 
                          TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
 
               PART II--COAST GUARD RESERVE AND AUXILIARY
 
                     CHAPTER 21--COAST GUARD RESERVE
 
                              SUBCHAPTER B
 
                          commissioned officers
 
Sec. 731. Establishment of promotion zones under running mate 
        system
        
    (a) Authority To Use Running Mate System.--The Secretary may by 
regulation implement section 729(d)(1) of this title by requiring that 
the promotion zone for consideration of Reserve officers in an active 
status for promotion to the next higher grade be determined in 
accordance with a running mate system as provided in subsection (b).
    (b) Consideration for Promotion.--If promotion zones are determined 
as authorized under subsection (a), a Reserve officer shall, subject to 
the eligibility requirements of this subchapter, be placed in a 
promotion zone when that officer's running mate is placed in a promotion 
zone and shall, in accordance with the provisions of this subchapter, be 
considered for promotion at approximately the same time as that 
officer's running mate or as soon thereafter as practicable.
    (c) Consideration of Officers Below the Zone.--If the Secretary 
authorizes the selection of officers for promotion from below the 
promotion zone in accordance with section 729(d)(3) of this title, the 
number of officers to be considered from below the zone may be 
established through the application of the running mate system under 
this subchapter or otherwise as the Secretary determines to be 
appropriate to meet the needs of the Coast Guard.

(Added Pub. L. 96-322, Sec. 1, Aug. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1011; amended Pub. 
L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 502(b)(1), (2)(A)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-100.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 783 of this title prior to the complete revision of this chapter 
by Pub. L. 96-322.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, 
Sec. 502(b)(2)(A)], substituted ``Establishment of promotion zones under 
running mate system'' for ``Placement in promotion zone; consideration 
for promotion'' as section catchline.
    Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 502(b)(1)], added 
subsec. (a), designated existing provisions as subsec. (b), inserted 
subsec. (b) heading and substituted ``If promotion zones are determined 
as authorized under subsection (a), a Reserve officer shall, subject to 
the eligibility requirements of this subchapter,'' for ``Subject to the 
eligibility requirements of this subchapter, a Reserve officer shall'', 
and added subsec. (c).


                    Effective Date of 2000 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 106-398 applicable with respect to selection 
boards convened under section 730 of this title on or after Oct. 30, 
2000, see section 1 [[div. A], title V, Sec. 502(c)] of Pub. L. 106-398, 
set out as a note under section 729 of this title.
