Executive Order 11554—Suspending the Provisions of Section 5707(c) of Title 10, United States Code, Which Relate to the Establishment of a Maximum Percentage of Navy Officers Who May Be Recommended for Promotion From Below the Appropriate Promotion Zone
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 5711 (b) of title 10 of the United States Code, it is ordered as follows:
The operation of so much of the provisions of section 5707(c) of title 10 of the United States Code as restrict, to a percentage of five percent of the total number of officers that a board is authorized to recommend for promotion, the number of Navy officers below the appropriate promotion zone who may be recommended as best fitted for promotion to the grade concerned, is hereby suspended for a period of two years from the date of this order.
RICHARD NIXON
The White House,
August 29, 1970
NOTE: The Executive order was released at San Clemente, Calif.
Richard Nixon, Executive Order 11554—Suspending the Provisions of Section 5707(c) of Title 10, United States Code, Which Relate to the Establishment of a Maximum Percentage of Navy Officers Who May Be Recommended for Promotion From Below the Appropriate Promotion Zone Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/306582