(a) Promotion.—An officer serving as a permanent professor may be recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. The regulations shall include a competitive selection board process to identify those permanent professors best qualified for promotion. An officer so recommended shall be promoted by appointment to the higher grade by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) Effective Date of Promotion.—If made, the promotion of an officer under subsection (a) shall be effective not earlier than three years after the selection of the officer as a permanent professor as described in that subsection.
Structure US Code
Subtitle C— Navy and Marine Corps
PART III— EDUCATION AND TRAINING
CHAPTER 853— UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY
§ 8452. Civilian teachers: number; compensation
§ 8453. Midshipmen: appointment
§ 8455. Midshipmen: allotment upon redistricting of Congressional Districts
§ 8456. Midshipmen: nomination and selection to fill vacancies
§ 8458. Midshipmen: qualifications for admission
§ 8459. Midshipmen: agreement for length of service
§ 8460. Midshipmen: clothing and equipment; uniform allowance
§ 8461. Midshipmen: dismissal for best interests of the service
§ 8462. Midshipmen: discharge for unsatisfactory conduct or inaptitude
§ 8463. Midshipmen: discharge for deficiency
§ 8464. Hazing: definition; prohibition
§ 8465. Failure to report violation: dismissal
§ 8470. Permanent professors: promotion
§ 8470a. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for deferral
§ 8472. Chapel: crypt and window spaces
§ 8473. Gifts, bequests, and loans of property: acceptance for benefit and use of Naval Academy
§ 8474. United States Naval Academy Museum Fund: references to Fund
§ 8475. Acceptance of guarantees with gifts for major projects
§ 8476. Operation of Naval Academy dairy farm
§ 8479. Midshipmen: charges and fees for attendance; limitation