; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) An officer excluded under subsection (j). ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (j) Authority to permit officers to opt out of selection board consideration The Secretary of Defense may authorize the Secretary of a military department to provide that an officer under the jurisdiction of that Secretary may, upon the officer's request and with the approval of the Secretary concerned, be excluded from consideration by a selection board convened under section 14101(a) of this title to consider officers for promotion to the next higher grade. The Secretary concerned may only approve such a request if— (1) the basis for the request is to allow an officer to complete a broadening assignment, advanced education, another assignment of significant value to the Department of Defense, or a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment or education; (2) the Secretary concerned determines the exclusion from consideration is in the best interest of the military department concerned; and (3) the officer has not previously failed of selection for promotion to the grade for which the officer requests the exclusion from consideration. . 510B. Reauthorization of authority to order retired members to active duty in high-demand, low-density assignments Section 688a(f) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking after December 21, 2011. and inserting “outside a period as follows: (1) The period beginning on December 2, 2002, and ending on December 31, 2011. (2) The period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 and ending on December 31, 2022. . B Reserve Component Management 511. Consolidation of authorities to order members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces to perform duty Section 515 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92