SEC. 504. REENLISTMENT OF OFFICERS IN THEIR FORMER 
ENLISTED GRADE. 
(a) REGULAR ARMY.—Section 3258 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a Reserve’’ and inserting 
‘‘an’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Re-
serve’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Re-
serve’’. 
(b) REGULAR AIR FORCE.—Section 8258 of such 
title is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a reserve’’ and inserting 
‘‘an’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘an’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Re-
serve’’ and inserting ‘‘an’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Re-
serve’’. 
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SEC. 505. DISCHARGE OF PROBATIONARY OFFICERS AND 
FORCE SHAPING AUTHORITY. 
(a) ACTIVE-DUTY LIST OFFICERS: YEARS OF ACTIVE 
COMMISSIONED SERVICE.—Section 630(1)(A) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘five’’ and 
inserting ‘‘six’’. 
(b) OFFICER FORCE SHAPING AUTHORITY.—Section 
647(b)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘5’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘6’’. 
(c) RESERVE OFFICERS: YEARS OF ACTIVE COMMIS-
SIONED SERVICE.—Section 14503(a)(1) of such title is 
amended by striking ‘‘five’’ and inserting ‘‘six’’. 
SEC. 506. ADDITION OF ALL NAVY PERMANENT MILITARY 
PROFESSORS TO THE LIST OF EXEMPTIONS 
TO 
DOPMA 
AUTHORIZED 
GRADE 
LIMITA-
TIONS. 
Section 523(b)(8) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, and career military professors (as defined in 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy) of 
the Naval War College, the Naval Postgraduate School, 
and any other graduate-level institution established to pro-
vide advanced education to members of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps, but not to exceed 35 in addition to those serv-
ing at the Naval Academy’’. 
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SEC. 507. MANDATORY SEPARATION OF RESERVE OFFI-
CERS IN THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT GEN-
ERAL OR VICE ADMIRAL. 
Section 14508 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d) and (e) 
as subsections (d), (e) and (f), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OF SERVICE FOR LIEU-
TENANT GENERALS AND VICE ADMIRALS.—Unless re-
tired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged 
at an earlier date, each reserve officer of the Army, Air 
Force, or Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general 
and each reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of vice 
admiral shall, 30 days after completion of 38 years of com-
missioned service, be separated in accordance with section 
14514 of this title.’’. 
SEC. 508. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR 
EDUCATION BENEFIT. 
Section 16165(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of Defense, a member of the Selected Re-
serve of the Ready Reserve who incurs a break in Selected 
Reserve service, but remains in the Individual Ready Re-
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serve or Inactive National Guard during such break, may 
continue to receive educational assistance under this chap-
ter for up to 90 days during such break. However, eligi-
bility for educational assistance shall be suspended after 
the 90th day of such break until the member returns to 
service in the Selected Reserve.’’. 
SEC. 509. INCREASED TENURE FOR GENERAL AND FLAG 
OFFICERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 636 of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Officers serving above the grade 
of major general or rear admiral may continue to serve 
without regard to years of service.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Subsection (a) of such section is amended 
by striking ‘‘or (c)’’. 
(2) Section 637(b) of such title is amended by 
striking the last sentence in paragraph (2). 
(3) Section 14508 of such title is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 
and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respec-
tively; and 
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(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following new subsection (c): 
‘‘(c) OFFICERS SERVING ABOVE
THE GRADE
OF 
MAJOR GENERAL OR REAR ADMIRAL.—Officers serving 
above the grade of major general or rear admiral may con-
tinue to serve without regard to years of service.’’. 
SEC. 510. AMENDMENT OF YEARS OF SERVICE PROVISION 
TO CONFORM WITH EXTENDED MANDATORY 
RETIREMENT AGE FOR ACTIVE-DUTY GEN-
ERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS. 
Section 637(b)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘but such period may not (except as 
provided under section 1251(b) of this title) extend beyond 
the date of the officer’s sixty-second birthday’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘except as provided under section 1253 of this title’’. 
Subtitle B—Reserve Component 
Matters 
SEC. 521. DUTY OF REGULAR MEMBERS OF THE ARMY AND 
AIR FORCE WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD. 
Section 315 of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) A commissioned officer or enlisted member of 
the Regular Army or Regular Air Force detailed, without 
vacating his or her regular appointment, to duty with the 
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Army National Guard or the Air National Guard of a 
State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Vir-
gin Islands, or the District of Columbia, may perform any 
duty authorized to be performed by the laws of the appli-
cable State, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
Virgin Islands, or the District of Columbia, as appro-
priate, without regard to the limitations imposed by sec-
tion 1385 of title 18.’’. 
SEC. 522. ENFORCEMENT OF VOLUNTARY SERVICE AGREE-
MENTS. 
Section 12301(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘When a member has entered into a written service agree-
ment (other than an agreement under section 12311 of 
this title) with the Secretary concerned specifying a period 
or periods of active duty to be performed for a particular 
mission or requirement, and in the case of a member of 
the Army National Guard of the United States or the Air 
National Guard of the United States with the consent of 
the Governor or other appropriate authority of the State 
concerned, the member may not withdraw his consent, un-
less agreed to by the Secretary, and the Secretary may 
order the member to active duty in accordance with the 
terms of the service agreement.’’. 
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SEC. 523. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN NATIONAL GUARD DUTY. 
Section 12602 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) duty performed by a member of the Army 
National Guard of the United States in his status as 
a member of the Army National Guard under sec-
tion 502(f) of title 32 at the request of the President 
or the Secretary of Defense shall be considered ac-
tive duty in Federal service as a Reserve of the 
Army for the purposes of providing benefits that are 
provided to Reserve component members performing 
duty pursuant to an order to active duty under a 
provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) 
of this title.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (2); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) duty performed by a member of the Air 
National Guard of the United States in his status as 
a member of the Air National Guard under section 
502(f) of title 32 at the request of the President or 
the Secretary of Defense shall be considered active 
duty in Federal service as a Reserve of the Air 
Force for the purposes of providing benefits that are 
provided to Reserve component members performing 
duty pursuant to an order to active duty under a 
provision of law referred to in section 101(a)(13)(B) 
of this title.’’. 
SEC. 524. CONTINUED SERVICE WITHIN TWO YEARS OF RE-
TIREMENT ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 12686(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—With respect to a member of a re-
serve component who is to be ordered to active duty (other 
than for training) under section 12301 of this title pursu-
ant to an order to active duty for a single period or mul-
tiple periods and who (but for this subsection) would be 
covered by subsection (a), the Secretary concerned may 
require, as a condition of such order or multiple orders 
to active duty, that the member waive the applicability of 
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subsection (a) to the member for the period or periods 
of active duty covered by that order and may include sub-
sequent orders. In carrying out this subsection, the Sec-
retary concerned may require that a waiver under the pre-
ceding sentence be executed before the period of active 
duty begins. At anytime before commencing a period of 
active duty covered by such a waiver, the member may 
withdraw consent to waive the applicability of subsection 
(a).’’. 
SEC. 525. INCREASE IN THE PERIOD OF TEMPORARY FED-
ERAL RECOGNITION FROM SIX TO TWELVE 
MONTHS. 
Section 308(a) of title 32, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘six months’’ and inserting ‘‘twelve 
months’’. 
SEC. 526. NUCLEAR OFFICER INCENTIVE PAY: CONTINU-
ATION PAY ELIGIBILITY. 
Section 312 of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘26’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘26’’ and 
inserting ‘‘30’’. 
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Subtitle C—Education and 
Training 
SEC. 531. ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE MATERIAL OTHER THAN 
TO ARMED FORCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of subtitle C of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 667—ISSUE OF SERVICEABLE 
MATERIAL OTHER THAN TO ARMED 
FORCES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘7911. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational institutions not maintaining 
units of ROTC. 
‘‘7912. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: educational institutions hav-
ing corps of cadets. 
‘‘7913. Supplies; military instruction camps. 
‘‘§ 7911. Arms, tentage, and equipment: educational 
institutions not maintaining units of 
ROTC 
‘‘Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Sec-
retary of the Navy may issue arms, tentage, and equip-
ment that he considers necessary for proper military train-
ing, to any educational institution at which no unit of the 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps is maintained, but which 
has a course in military training prescribed by the Sec-
retary and which has at least 50 physically fit students 
over 14 years of age. 
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‘‘§ 7912. Rifles and ammunition for target practice: 
educational institutions having corps of 
cadets 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY TO LEND.—The Secretary of the 
Navy may lend, without expense to the United States, 
magazine rifles and appendages, that are not of the exist-
ing service models in use at the time and that are not 
necessary for a proper reserve supply, to any educational 
institution having a uniformed corps of cadets of sufficient 
number for target practice. He also may issue 40 rounds 
of ball cartridges for each cadet for each range at which 
target practice is held, but not more than 120 rounds each 
year for each cadet participating in target practice. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF INSTITUTIONS.—The in-
stitutions to which property is lent under subsection (a) 
shall— 
‘‘(1) use the property for target practice; 
‘‘(2) take proper care of the property; and 
‘‘(3) return the property when required. 
‘‘(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section, containing such other 
requirements as he considers necessary to safeguard the 
interests of the United States. 
‘‘§ 7913. Supplies: military instruction camps 
‘‘Under such conditions as he may prescribe, the Sec-
retary of the Navy may issue, to any educational institu-
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tion at which an officer of the naval service is detailed 
as professor of naval science, such supplies as are nec-
essary to establish and maintain a camp for the military 
instruction of its students. The Secretary shall require a 
bond in the value of the property issued under this section, 
for the care and safekeeping of that property and, except 
for property properly expended, for its return when re-
quired.’’ 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for part IV of such title is amended by adding at the end 
the following new item: 
‘‘667. Issue of Serviceable Material Other Than to Armed Forces .......
7910.’’. 
SEC. 532. AUTHORITY FOR PERMANENT PROFESSORS AT 
THE SERVICE MILITARY ACADEMIES OR MILI-
TARY GRADUATE SCHOOLS TO SIT AS MEM-
BERS OF PROMOTION BOARDS. 
Section 612(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘active-duty list’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘or a permanent professor at the United States 
Military Academy or the United States Air Force Acad-
emy or the United States Naval Academy (as defined in 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy), or 
career military professors from any graduate-level institu-
tion established to provide advanced education to members 
of the Army, Navy , Marine Corps or Air Force’’. 
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