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Subtitle A—Officer Personnel 
Policy 
SEC. 501. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF NAVY RESERVE FLAG 
OFFICERS. 
(a) SIMPLIFICATION OF COUNTING OF NAVY RE-
SERVE FLAG OFFICERS.—Subsection (c) of section 12004 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(c) The authorized strength of the Navy under sub-
section (a) is exclusive of officers counted under section 
526 of this title.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (d) of 
such section is amended by striking ‘‘of those’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of officers’’. 
SEC. 502. STANDARDIZATION OF GRADE OF SENIOR DEN-
TAL OFFICER OF THE AIR FORCE WITH THAT 
OF SENIOR DENTAL OFFICER OF THE ARMY. 
(a) AIR FORCE ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL FOR 
DENTAL SERVICES.—Section 8081 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘brigadier general’’ 
in the second sentence and inserting ‘‘major general’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the occur-
rence of the next vacancy in the position of Assistant Sur-
geon General for Dental Services in the Air Force that
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occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act or, if 
earlier, on the date of the appointment to the grade of 
major general of the officer who is the incumbent in that 
position on the date of the enactment of the Act. 
SEC. 503. MANAGEMENT OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS. 
(a) RETENTION OF CHIEF WARRANT OFFICERS, W-
4, WHO HAVE TWICE FAILED OF SELECTION FOR PRO-
MOTION.—Section 580(e)(1) of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘continued on active duty 
if’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘continued on active 
duty if—
‘‘(A) in the case of a warrant officer in the 
grade of chief warrant officer, W–2, or chief warrant 
officer, W–3, the warrant officer is selected for con-
tinuation on active duty by a selection board con-
vened under section 573(c) of this title; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a warrant officer in the 
grade of chief warrant officer, W–4, the warrant of-
ficer is selected for continuation on active duty by 
the Secretary concerned under such procedures as 
the Secretary may prescribe.’’. 
(b) MANDATORY RETIREMENT
FOR LENGTH
OF 
SERVICE.—Section 1305(a) of such title is amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as’’ and all the fol-
lows through ‘‘W–5)’’ and inserting ‘‘A regular war-
rant officer’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘as a warrant officer’’ after 
‘‘years of active service’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘the date on which’’ after ‘‘60 
days after’’; and 
(4) by striking paragraph (2). 
SEC. 504. REDUCTION IN TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT 
FOR PROMOTION TO CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY, 
AIR FORCE, AND MARINE CORPS AND LIEU-
TENANT IN THE NAVY. 
Section 619(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘he has completed’’ in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A) and all that follows through 
the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting 
‘‘the officer has completed 18 months of service in the 
grade in which the officer holds a permanent appoint-
ment’’. 
SEC. 505. MILITARY STATUS OF OFFICERS SERVING IN CER-
TAIN INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY POSITIONS. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF MILITARY STATUS.—Section 
528 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following:
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‘‘(a) MILITARY STATUS.—An officer of the armed 
forces, while serving in a position covered by this section—
‘‘(1) shall not be subject to supervision or con-
trol by the Secretary of Defense or any other officer 
or employee of the Department of Defense, except as 
directed by the Secretary of Defense concerning re-
assignment from such position; and 
‘‘(2) may not exercise, by reason of the officer’s 
status as an officer, any supervision or control with 
respect to any of the military or civilian personnel 
of the Department of Defense except as otherwise 
authorized by law. 
‘‘(b) DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIA.—
When the position of Director or Deputy Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency is held by an officer of the 
armed forces, the officer serving in that position, while so 
serving, shall be excluded from the limitations in sections 
525 and 526 of this title. However, if both such positions 
are held by an officer of the armed forces, only one such 
officer may be excluded from those limitation while so 
serving.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(e) EFFECT OF APPOINTMENT.—Except as provided 
in subsection (a), the appointment or assignment of an
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officer of the armed forces to a position covered by this 
section shall not affect—
‘‘(1) the status, position, rank, or grade of such 
officer in the armed forces; or 
‘‘(2) any emolument, perquisite, right, privilege, 
or benefit incident to or arising out of such status, 
position, rank, or grade. 
‘‘(f) MILITARY PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—An officer 
of the armed forces on active duty who is appointed or 
assigned to a position covered by this section shall, while 
serving in such position and while remaining on active 
duty, continue to receive military pay and allowances and 
shall not receive the pay prescribed for such position. 
Funds from which such military pay and allowances are 
paid to such officer while so serving shall be reimbursed 
from funds available to the Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency (for an officer serving in a position within 
the Central Intelligence Agency) or from funds available 
to the Director of National Intelligence (for an officer 
serving in a position within the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence). 
‘‘(g) COVERED POSITIONS.—The positions covered by 
this section are the positions specified in subsections (b) 
and (c) and the positions designated under subsection 
(d).’’.
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) The heading of such section is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 528. Officers serving in certain intelligence posi-
tions: military status; exclusion from dis-
tribution and strength limitations; pay 
and allowances’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 32 of such title is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘528. Officers serving in certain intelligence positions: military status; exclusion 
from distribution and strength limitations; pay and allow-
ances.’’.
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Management 
SEC. 511. REVISIONS TO RESERVE CALL-UP AUTHORITY. 
(a) MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS.—Subsection (a) of 
section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘270 days’’ and inserting ‘‘365.’’
(b) SUPPORT FOR DISASTERS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) a serious natural or manmade disaster, ac-
cident, or catastrophe that occurs in the United 
States, its territories and possessions, or Puerto 
Rico.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘title or,’’ and inserting 
‘‘title,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, to provide’’ and all that 
follows through the end and inserting a period. 
(c) FAIR TREATMENT.—Such section is further 
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(j); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing new subsection (i): 
‘‘(i) CONSIDERATIONS FOR INVOLUNTARY ORDER TO 
ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) In determining which members of the 
Selected Reserve and Individual Ready Reserve will be or-
dered to duty without their consent under this section, ap-
propriate consideration shall be given to—
‘‘(A) the length and nature of previous service, 
to assure such sharing of exposure to hazards as the