§5911 . Promotions: temporary; permanent

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the promotion of a reserve officer under this chapter shall be made by a temporary appointment if the promotion of his running mate is made by a temporary appointment. If the running mate's temporary appointment is terminated for reasons other than disciplinary and he reverts to a lower grade, the temporary appointment of the reserve officer shall also be terminated and the reserve officer reverts to the same lower grade in the same manner as his running mate and with corresponding rank. If the running mate is permanently appointed in the grade in which he is serving under a temporary appointment, the reserve officer shall be permanently appointed in the grade in which he is serving under a temporary appointment.

(Added Pub. L. 85–861, §1(133), Sept. 2, 1958, 72 Stat. 1507 ; amended Pub. L. 86–559, §1(45), June 30, 1960, 74 Stat. 274 .)

Repeal of Section

Section repealed effective Oct. 1, 1996, see note set out preceding section 5891 of this title.

Amendments

1960-Pub. L. 86–559 substituted "shall be permanently appointed" for "may be permanently appointed".

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 123 of this title.