10 U.S.C. § 649a - U.S. Code - Unannotated Title 10. Armed Forces § 649a. Officers in designated competitive categories

(a)Authority to designate competitive categories of officers.--Each Secretary of a military department may designate one or more competitive categories for promotion of officers under section 621 of this title that are under the jurisdiction of such Secretary as a competitive category of officers whose promotion, retirement, and continuation on active duty shall be subject to the provisions of this subchapter.

(b)Limitation on exercise of authority.--The Secretary of a military department may not designate a competitive category of officers for purposes of this subchapter until 60 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the designation of the competitive category. The report on the designation of a competitive category shall set forth the following: