14 U.S.C. § 2120
Special selection boards; correction of errors
United States · Title 14 — COAST GUARD · Status: effective
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- 14 U.S.C. § 2120, Special selection boards; correction of errors, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/439489
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If the Secretary determines that as the result of an administrative error—
In the case of an officer or former officer who was eligible for promotion, was considered for selection for promotion by a selection board convened under section 2106, and was not selected for promotion by that board, the Secretary may convene a special selection board to determine whether the officer or former officer should be recommended for promotion, if the Secretary determines that—
an action of the selection board that considered the officer or former officer—
If a special selection board convened under paragraph (1) does not recommend for promotion an officer or former officer, whose grade is that of commander or below and whose name was referred to that board for consideration, the officer or former officer shall be considered—
Each special selection board convened under this section shall—
consider the record of an applicable officer or former officer as that record, if corrected, would have appeared to the selection board that should have considered or did consider the officer or former officer prior to the consideration of the special selection board and that record shall be compared with a sampling of the records of—
No official or court of the United States shall have authority or jurisdiction over any claim based in any way on the failure of an officer or former officer to be selected for promotion by a selection board convened under section 2106, until—
A court of the United States may review—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018House: 239–173Senate: no recorded tally