; and (2) in the case of an officer not on the active-duty list immediately before that appointment, be appointed in the same grade and with the same date of rank as the grade and date of rank which the officer would have held had the officer been serving on the active-duty list on the date of the appointment. (f) Continuity of existing delegation of presidential appointment functions Except as otherwise provided by the President by Executive order, the provisions of Executive Order 13384 ( 10 U.S.C. 531 note) relating to the functions of the President under section 531(a) of this title shall apply in the same manner to functions of the President under section 20201 of this title. . (b) Conforming amendments relating to original appointments (1) Definitions Section 101 of title 10, United States Code, is amended in subsection (b)(10) by inserting before the period at the end the following: and, with respect to the appointment of a member of the armed forces in the Space Force, refers to that member’s most recent appointment in the Space Force that is neither a promotion nor a demotion . (2) Original appointments of commissioned officers Section 531 of such title is amended by striking Regular before Space Force each place it appears. (3) Qualifications for original appointment as a commissioned officer Section 532(a) of such title is amended by striking Regular Marine Corps, or Regular Space Force and inserting or Regular Marine Corps . (4) Service credit upon original appointment as a commissioned officer Section 533 of such title is amended by striking Regular before Space Force each place it appears. (c) Selection boards and promotions Chapter 205 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapters: II Selection Boards 20211. Convening of selection boards (a) In general Whenever the needs of the service require, the Secretary of the Air Force shall convene selection boards to recommend for promotion to the next higher permanent grade