§5895. Selection boards: information furnished to boards

The Secretary of the Navy shall furnish each board convened under this chapter with-

(1) the number of officers that the board may recommend for promotion, as prescribed or determined by him under section 5901 of this title; and

(2) the names and records of all officers who are eligible for consideration for promotion by the board.

(Added Pub. L. 85–861, §1(133), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1501 .)

Repeal of Section

Section repealed effective Oct. 1, 1996, see note set out preceding section 5891 of this title.

Section 403 of the Reserve Officer Personnel Act of 1954 (50 U.S.C. 1303) makes applicable to non-lineal list reserve officers provisions of law relating to the selection for promotion of regular officers. The House and Senate reports cited in the revision note on section 5891 of this title contain a detailed explanation of the effect of this section. Among other things, the reports state that the section prescribes "the information which shall be furnished selection boards, viz:

(1) The names and records of all officers eligible for consideration.

(2) The number of officers that may be recommended for promotion * * *".

The provisions of law relating to regular officers incorporated by this section are codified in section 5706 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 123, 5897 of this title.