Section 20237 - Numbers to be recommended for promotion(a) PROMOTION TO GRADES BELOW BRIGADIER GENERAL.-(1) DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM NUMBER.-Before convening a selection board under section 20211 of this title to consider officers for recommendation for promotion to a grade below brigadier general and in any competitive category, the Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the maximum number of officers in that competitive category that the board may recommend for promotion.(2) DETERMINATIONS.-In order to make the determination under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine-(A) the number of positions needed to accomplish mission objectives which require officers of that competitive category in the grade to which the board will recommend officers for promotion;(B) the estimated number of officers needed to fill vacancies in those positions during the period in which it is anticipated that officers selected for promotion will be promoted; and(b) PROMOTION TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND MAJOR GENERAL.-(1) DETERMINATION OF MAXIMUM NUMBERS.-Before convening a selection board under section 20211 of this title to consider officers for recommendation for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general, the Secretary of the Air Force shall determine the maximum number of officers serving in a space force active status on sustained duty, and the maximum number of officers serving in a space force active status not on sustained duty, that the board may recommend for promotion.(2) DETERMINATIONS.-In order to make the determinations under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall determine-(B) the estimated number of officers on sustained duty and not on sustained duty needed to fill vacancies in those positions over the 24-month period beginning on the date on which the selection board convenes.Added Pub. L. 118-31, div. A, title XVII, §1716(c), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 644. - grade
- The term "grade" means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of office or military rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law or regulation.
- space force active status
- The term "space force active status" means the status of a member of the Space Force who is not in a space force inactive status and is not retired.
- sustained duty
- The term "sustained duty" means full-time duty by a member of the Space Force ordered to such duty by an authority designated by the Secretary of the Air Force-(A) in the case of an officer-(i) to fulfill the terms of an active-duty service commitment incurred by the officer under any provision of law; or(ii) with the consent of the officer; and(B) in the case of an enlisted member, with the consent of the enlisted member as specified in the terms of the member's enlistment or reenlistment agreement.