§ 14112. Dissemination of names of officers selected

• (a) The names of the officers recommended for promotion in the report of a selection board shall be disseminated to the armed force concerned as follows:
  • (1) In the case of officers recommended for promotion to a grade below brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half), such names may be disseminated upon, or at any time after, the transmittal of the report to the President.
  • (2) In the case of officers recommended for promotion to a grade above colonel or, in the case of the Navy, captain, such names may be disseminated upon, or at any time after, the approval of the report by the President.
  • (3) In the case of officers whose names have not been sooner disseminated, such names shall be promptly disseminated—
    • (A) upon confirmation of the promotion of the officers by the Senate (in the case of promotions required to be submitted to the Senate for confirmation); or
    • (B) upon the approval of the report by the President (in the case of promotions not required to be submitted to the Senate for confirmation).
• (b) A list of names of officers disseminated under subsection (a) may not include—
  • (1) any name removed by the President from the report of the selection board containing that name, if dissemination is under the authority of paragraph (2) or (3)(B) of that subsection; or
  • (2) the name of any officer whose promotion the Senate failed to confirm, if dissemination is under the authority of paragraph (3)(A) of that subsection.