SEC. 2. COMMENCEMENT DATE OF ACTIVE FORCE DRAW-
DOWN PERIOD FOR TEMPORARY EARLY RE-
TIREMENT AUTHORITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Keep America’s Promises Act is in-
tended, and should be construed in the event of any 
ambiguity, to extend the renewed Temporary Early 
Retirement Authority provided by the amendments 
made by section 504(b) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 
112–81; 125 Stat. 1390) to retroactively cover mem-
bers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps 
who— 
(A) were separated on or after March 1, 
2011, but before the effective date of the 
amendments; and 
(B) had at least 15 years in service on the 
date that they separated from the Armed 
Forces. 
(2) Specifically, this Act protects 157 Air Force 
Officers (Majors) who were involuntarily separated 
as a result of a March 2011 continuation board. 
(3) Even if an officer referred to in this sub-
section opted to separated before the mandatory sep-
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aration date applicable to the officer, the officer 
should still be protected by this Act. 
(4) The fact that an officer referred to in this 
subsection has separated from the Armed Forces be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act should not 
exclude the officer from the benefits available under 
the renewed Temporary Early Retirement Authority. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT DATE.—Subsection (i)(2) of 
section 4403 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1293 note), as added by 
section 504(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 
1390), is amended by striking ‘‘beginning on the date of 
the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on March 
1, 2011,’’. 
(c) CROSS REFERENCE.—Subsection (h) of section 
4403 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1293 note), as amended by section 
504(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2012 (Public Law 112–81; 125 Stat. 1390), is 
amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of 
this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘October 23, 1992,’’; and 
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(2) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘March 1, 2011,’’. 
(d) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—In the case of 
a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps 
whose original separation date was between March 1, 
2011, and December 31, 2011, and who would have been 
eligible for retirement by reason of the authority provided 
in subsection (b) of section 4403 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (10 U.S.C. 1293 
note) had the date of the enactment of the National De-
fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 been March 
1, 2011, instead of December 31, 2011, the Secretary of 
the military department concerned, with the agreement of 
the member, shall— 
(1) retire the member under the authority of 
such section or, if an enlisted member of the Navy 
or Marine Corps, alternatively transfer the member 
to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve; 
and 
(2) compute and pay retired or retainer pay for 
the member under subsection (e) of such section. 
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