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type: "LegalText"
title: "10 U.S.C. § 20236"
description: "Competitive categories"
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title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
chapter_number: "2005"
chapter_name: "OFFICERS"
section: "20236"
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# 10 U.S.C. § 20236 - Competitive categories
## Text
(a) Requirement to Establish Competitive Categories for Promotion.— Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish at least one competitive category for promotion for officers on the Space Force officer list. Each officer whose name appears on the Space Force officer list shall be carried in a competitive category of officers. Officers in the same competitive category shall compete among themselves for promotion.
(b) Single Competitive Category for Promotion to General Officer Grades.— The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish a single competitive category for all officers on the Space Force officer list who will be considered by a selection board convened under section 20211 of this title for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or major general.
(Added Pub. L. 11831, div. A, title XVII, § 1716(c), Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 644.)