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SEC. 503. EXPANSION OF EXCLUSION OF MILITARY PERMA-
NENT PROFESSORS FROM STRENGTH LIMITA-
TIONS FOR OFFICERS BELOW GENERAL AND
FLAG GRADES.
(a) INCLUSION OF PERMANENT PROFESSORS OF THE
NAVY.—Section 523(b)(8) of title 10, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Naval Academy’’ and inserting
‘‘Navy’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or service’’ before the period at
the end.
(b) EXPANSION
OF EXCLUSION GENERALLY.—Such
section is further amended by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting
‘‘85’’.
SEC. 504. MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE FOR ACTIVE-DUTY
GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS CONTINUED
ON ACTIVE DUTY.
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 inserting
‘‘except as provided under section 1253 of this title’’.
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SEC. 505. AUTHORITY FOR REDUCED MANDATORY SERVICE
OBLIGATION FOR INITIAL APPOINTMENTS OF
OFFICERS IN CRITICALLY SHORT HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTIES.
Section 651 of title 10, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) The Secretary of Defense may waive the service
required by subsection (a) for initial appointments of com-
missioned officers in such critically short health profes-
sional specialties as the Secretary shall specify for purposes
of this subsection.
‘‘(2) The minimum period of obligated service for an
officer under a waiver under this subsection shall be the
greater of—
‘‘(A) two years; or
‘‘(B) in the case of an officer who has accepted
an accession bonus or executed a contract or agree-
ment for the multiyear receipt of special pay for serv-
ice in the armed forces, the period of obligated service
specified in such contract or agreement.’’.
SEC. 506. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED NUMBER OF PERMA-
NENT PROFESSORS AT THE UNITED STATES
MILITARY ACADEMY.
Paragraph (4) of section 4331(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) Twenty-eight permanent professors.’’.
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SEC. 507. EXPANSION OF AUTHORITY FOR 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 officer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an officer’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary appointment’’
and inserting ‘‘an appointment’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Re-
serve officer’’ and inserting ‘‘an officer’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Re-
serve commission’’ and inserting ‘‘the commis-
sion’’.
(b) REGULAR AIR FORCE.—Section 8258 of such title
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘a reserve officer’’ and in-
serting ‘‘an officer’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘a temporary appointment’’
and inserting ‘‘an appointment’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a Re-
serve officer’’ and inserting ‘‘an officer’’; and
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the Re-
serve commission’’ and inserting ‘‘the commis-
sion’’.
SEC. 508. ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR RESERVE GENERAL
AND FLAG OFFICERS TO SERVE ON ACTIVE
DUTY.
Section 526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The limitations’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(2) The limitations of this section also do not apply
to a number, as specified by the Secretary of the military
department concerned, of reserve component general or flag
officers authorized to serve on active duty for a period of
not more than 365 days. The number so specified for an
armed force may not exceed the number equal to ten percent
of the authorized number of general or flag officers, as the
case may be, of that armed force under section 12004 of
this title. In determining such number, any fraction shall
be rounded down to the next whole number, except that such
number shall be at least one.’’.
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SEC. 509. PROMOTION OF CAREER MILITARY PROFESSORS
OF THE NAVY.
(a) PROMOTION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 603 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended—
(A) by redesignating section 6970 as section
6970a; and
(B) by inserting after section 6969 the fol-
lowing new section 6970:
‘‘§ 6970. Permanent professors: promotion
‘‘(a) PROMOTION.—An officer serving as a permanent
professor may be recommended for promotion to the grade
of captain or colonel, as the case may be, under regulations
prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy. The regulations
shall include a competitive selection board process to iden-
tify those permanent professors best qualified for promotion.
An officer so recommended shall be promoted by appoint-
ment to the higher grade by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION.—If made, the
promotion of an officer under subsection (a) shall be effec-
tive not earlier than three years after the selection of the
officer as a permanent professor as described in that sub-
section.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 603 of such title is