Section, act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 390, § 6249; renumbered § 8299, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(b)(13), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836, related to limitation of honorable service.

A prior section 8299, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 511; Aug. 21, 1957, Pub. L. 85–155, title III, § 301(10), title IV, § 401(1), 71 Stat. 387, 390; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85–861, § 33(a)(21), 72 Stat. 1565; Sept. 30, 1966, Pub. L. 89–609, § 1(29), 80 Stat. 854; Nov. 8, 1967, Pub. L. 90–130, § 1(27)(A), 81 Stat. 382, provided that promotion-list officers be promoted to regular grades of captain, major, and lieutenant colonel, after specified length of service or without regard to length of service in view of actual or anticipated vacancies if Secretary of Air Force so directs, or be eliminated from active list under section 8303 of this title and a promotion-list officer who has twice been considered and not recommended for promotion to any one regular grade not be again considered for promotion under this section, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–513, title II, § 204, Dec. 12, 1980, 94 Stat. 2880, effective Sept. 15, 1981. See sections 631 and 632 of this title.