; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (e) Authority To allow officers To opt out of selection board consideration (1) The Secretary of a military department may provide that an officer under the jurisdiction of the Secretary may, upon the officer’s request and with the approval of the Secretary, be excluded from consideration by a selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title to consider officers for promotion to the next higher grade. (2) The Secretary concerned may only approve a request under paragraph (1) if— (A) 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, or a career progression requirement delayed by the assignment or education; (B) the Secretary determines the exclusion from consideration is in the best interest of the military department concerned; and (C) the officer has not previously failed of selection for promotion to the grade for which the officer requests the exclusion from consideration. . (b) Reserve active-Status list officers Section 14301 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (c)— (A) in the subsection heading, by striking Previously selected officers not eligible and inserting Certain officers not ; and (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) An officer excluded under subsection (j).