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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3553 

To provide a retroactive effective date for the promotions of senior officers 

of the Armed Forces whose military promotions were delayed as a result 

of the suspension of Senate confirmation of such promotions. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 14, 2023 

Mr. ROUNDS (for himself, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. KING, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Ms. ERNST, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Ms. SMITH, Mrs. 

GILLIBRAND, Mr. WARNER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. BUDD, Mr. OSSOFF, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. 

RICKETTS, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. 

WARNOCK, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. KELLY, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, 

Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. SCHMITT, Mr. LEE, Mr. ROMNEY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. COTTON, 

Mr. BOOZMAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. 

DAINES, Mrs. BRITT, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. SCOTT of Florida, Mr. 

PADILLA, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 

Mr. FETTERMAN, and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed 

A BILL 

To provide a retroactive effective date for the promotions 

of senior officers of the Armed Forces whose military 

promotions were delayed as a result of the suspension 

of Senate confirmation of such promotions. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Personnel 

3 Confirmation Restoration Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

5 Congress holds the men and women who defend the 

6 United States in the highest esteem. 

7 SEC. 3. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTIONS 

8 OF SENIOR OFFICERS OF ARMED FORCES 

9 THAT WERE DELAYED AS A RESULT OF SUS10 PENSION OF SENATE CONFIRMATION. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual con12 firmed, during the period beginning on December 5, 2023, 

13 and ending on December 31, 2023, to a grade or rank 

14 in the Armed Forces associated with pay grade O–7 or 

15 higher and whose confirmation was delayed as a result of 

16 the suspension of the provision of advice and consent by 

17 the Senate to appointments to such grades and ranks that 

18 began in February 2023— 

19 (1) the Secretary of Defense shall provide the 

20 individual, retroactive to the date described in sub21 section (b)— 

22 (A) pay and allowances at the rates or in 

23 the amounts payable for the pay grade associ24 ated with the appointment of the individual; 

25 and 

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1 (B) the benefits to which an individual in 

2 the grade or rank associated with the appoint3 ment is entitled; and 

4 (2) the date described in subsection (b) shall be 

5 the date used for determining the seniority of the in6 dividual in the grade or rank associated with the ap7 pointment. 

8 (b) DATE DESCRIBED.—The date described in this 

9 subsection is, with respect to an individual described in 

10 subsection (a), the date that is the later of— 

11 (1) the date that is 30 days after the date on 

12 which the nomination of the individual was placed 

13 on the Executive Calendar of the Senate; or 

14 (2) the date on which the individual would have 

15 been appointed but for the suspension of the provi16 sion of advice and consent described in subsection 

17 (a), as determined by the Secretary concerned (as 

18 defined in section 101 of title 10, United States 

19 Code). 

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