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1305(b) of Public Law 100–180 (10 U.S.C. 619a note) with respect
to service by qualified nuclear propulsion officers in joint duty
assignments.’’.
(b) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 619 of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking out subsection (e).
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—(1) The heading of section 619
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘§ 619. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-
grade and other requirements.
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II
of chapter 36 of such title is amended by striking out the item
relating to section 619 and inserting in lieu thereof the following
new items:
‘‘619. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: time-in-grade and other require-
ments.
‘‘619a. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: joint duty assignment required be-
fore promotion to general or flag grade; exceptions.’’.
(d) REPORT ON PLANS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 619a.—
Not later than February 1, 1994, the Secretary of Defense shall
certify to Congress that the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine
Corps have each developed and implemented a plan for their officer
personnel assignment and promotion policies so as to ensure compli-
ance with the requirements of section 619a of title 10, United
States Code, as added by subsection (a). Each such plan should
particularly ensure that by January 1, 1999, the service covered
by the plan shall have enough officers who have completed a full
tour of duty in a joint duty assignment so as to permit the orderly
promotion of officers to brigadier general or, in the case of the
Navy, rear admiral (lower half) pursuant to the requirements of
chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code.
(e) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN NEXT FIVE
ANNUAL JOINT OFFICER POLICY REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense
shall include as part of the information submitted to Congress
pursuant to section 667 of title 10, United States Code, for each
of the next five years after the date of the enactment of this
Act the following:
(1) The degree of progress made toward meeting the
requirements of section 619a of title 10, United States Code.
(2) The compliance achieved with each of the plans devel-
oped pursuant to subsection (d).
(f) EXTENSION OF TRANSITION PLAN FOR NUCLEAR PROPULSION
OFFICERS.—(1) Section 1305(b) of Public Law 101–180 (10 U.S.C.
619a note) is amended by striking out ‘‘January 1, 1994’’ each
place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘January 1, 1997’’.
(2) The Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Chair-
man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall revise the transition plan
developed pursuant to section 1305(b) of Public Law 101–180 to
take account of the amendments made by subsection (a) and by
paragraph (1) of this subsection. The Secretary shall include with
the next report of the Secretary after the date of the enactment
of this Act under section 619a(h)(2) of title 10, United States Code,
as added by subsection (a), a report on the actions of the Secretary
in revising such transition plan.
(3) Such section is further amended by striking out ‘‘nuclear
populsion’’ in paragraph (1)(B) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘nuclear
propulsion’’.
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SEC. 932. JOINT DUTY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN DUTY PERFORMED DUR-
ING OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM.
(a) AUTHORITY TO GIVE JOINT DUTY CREDIT.—(1) An officer
described in paragraph (2) may (subject to paragraph (3)) be given
credit for service in a joint duty assignment pursuant to the provi-
sions of section 933 of the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–484; 106 Stat. 2476; 10
U.S.C. 664 note), notwithstanding the expiration (under subsection
(e) of that section) of authority to give such credit under that
section.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies—
(A) in the case of an officer who was recommended for
such credit under subsection (a)(3) of that section before the
expiration (under subsection (e) of that section) of authority
to give such credit, but for whom such credit either was denied
or was granted as credit for less than a full tour of duty
in a joint duty assignment; and
(B) in the case of an officer who did not submit a timely
request for consideration for such credit.
(3)(A) In the case of an officer described in paragraph (2)(A),
joint duty credit may be granted by reason of this subsection only
if the Secretary determines that the decision not to give the credit
or not to give greater credit, as the case may be, to that officer
was incorrect.
(B) In the case of an officer described in paragraph (2)(B),
joint duty credit may be granted by reason of this subsection only
if the Secretary determines that the officer’s ability to submit a
timely request was impaired by involvement of the officer in an
operational assignment and, as a result of the failure to submit
such a timely request, the officer was not recommended for such
credit.
(b) DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (a) expires at the
end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(c) CLARIFICATION
OF
INTENDED
RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN
CREDIT AND PROMOTIONS.—(1) Section 933(a)(1) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102–
484; 106 Stat. 2476; 10 U.S.C. 644 note) is amended by striking
out ‘‘chapter 38 of’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘any provision
of’’.
(2) Any joint duty service credit given to an officer under
section 933(a)(1) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1993 before the date of the enactment of this Act
may be applied to any provision of title 10, United States Code.
SEC. 933. FLEXIBILITY FOR REQUIRED POST-EDUCATION JOINT DUTY
ASSIGNMENT.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 663 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(d) POST-EDUCATION JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.—(1) The Sec-
retary of Defense shall ensure that each officer with the joint
specialty who graduates from a joint professional military education
school shall be assigned to a joint duty assignment for that officer’s
next duty assignment after such graduation (unless the officer
receives a waiver of that requirement by the Secretary in an individ-
ual case).
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‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that a high
proportion (which shall be greater than 50 percent) of the officers
graduating from a joint professional military education school who
do not have the joint specialty shall receive assignments to a
joint duty assignment as their next duty assignment after such
graduation or, to the extent authorized in subparagraph (B), as
their second duty assignment after such graduation.
‘‘(B) The Secretary may, if the Secretary determines that it
is necessary to do so for the efficient management of officer person-
nel, establish procedures to allow up to one-half of the officers
subject to the joint duty assignment requirement in subparagraph
(A) to be assigned to a joint duty assignment as their second
(rather than first) assignment after such graduation from a joint
professional military education school.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection
(a) shall apply with respect to officers graduating from joint profes-
sional military education schools after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
Subtitle D—Other Matters
SEC. 941. ARMY RESERVE COMMAND.
Section 903 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1620; 10 U.S.C. 3074
note) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking out ‘‘shall be a major
subordinate command of Forces Command’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘shall be a separate command of the Army com-
manded by the Chief, Army Reserve’’;
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking out ‘‘Commander-in-
Chief, Forces Command’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Com-
mander-in-Chief, United States Atlantic Command’’; and
(3) by striking out subsections (c) through (e).
SEC. 942. FLEXIBILITY 
IN 
ADMINISTERING 
REQUIREMENT 
FOR
ANNUAL FOUR PERCENT REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF
PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO HEADQUARTERS AND HEAD-
QUARTERS SUPPORT ACTIVITIES.
Section 906(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101–510; 104 Stat. 1622) is amended
by adding at the end the following: ‘‘If the number by which the
number of such personnel is reduced during any of fiscal years
1991, 1992, 1993, or 1994 is greater than the number required
under the preceding sentence, the excess number from that fiscal
year may be applied by the Secretary toward the required reduction
during a subsequent fiscal year (so that the total reduction under
this section need not exceed the number equal to five times the
required reduction number specified under the preceding sen-
tence).’’.
SEC. 943. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BOTTOM UP REVIEW.
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit,
in classified and unclassified forms, to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on
aspects of the comprehensive review of Department of Defense
activities ordered by the Secretary of Defense and identified as
the ‘‘Bottom Up Review’’ (hereinafter in this section referred to
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as the ‘‘Review’’) that were not included in the October 1993 Depart-
ment of Defense report entitled ‘‘Report on the Bottom-Up Review’’.
The report shall include the following information:
(1) A presentation of the process, structure, and scope
of the Review, including all programs and policies examined
by the Review.
(2) The various force structure, strategy, budgetary, and
programmatic options considered as part of the Review.
(3) A description of any threat assessment or defense plan-
ning scenario used in conducting the Review.
(4) The criteria used in the development, review, and selec-
tion of the alternative strategy, force structure, programmatic,
budgetary, and other options considered in the Review.
(5) A detailed description and break out of the resource
savings and costs resulting from the recommendations stated
in the October 1993 Department of Defense report entitled
‘‘Report on the Bottom-Up Review’’.
(6) Presentation of changes as a result of the Review in
each of the following:
(A) The National Security Strategy of the United
States, as described in the January 1993 report entitled
‘‘National Security Strategy of the United States’’, issued
by former President Bush.
(B) The National Military Strategy of the United
States, as described in the January 1993 report entitled
‘‘Annual Report to the President and the Congress’’ from
former Secretary of Defense Cheney.
(C) The military force structure and active and reserve
personnel end strength, as described in the January 1993
report entitled ‘‘Annual Report to the President and the
Congress’’ from former Secretary of Defense Cheney.
(D) The roles and functions of the military departments
and the roles and functions of the unified commands as
set out in the Unified Command Plan.
(E) Cost, schedule, and inventory objectives for major
defense acquisition programs (as defined in section 2430
of title 10, United States Code) altered as a result of
the Review.
(b) DEADLINE.—The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted not later than the date on which the budget for fiscal
year 1995 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of
title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 944. REPEAL OF TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR A DIREC-
TOR OF EXPEDITIONARY WARFARE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.
Subsection (e) of section 5038 of title 10, United States Code,
is repealed.
SEC. 945. CINC INITIATIVE FUND.
Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to
section 301 for Defense-wide activities, $30,000,000 shall be made
available for the CINC Initiative Fund.
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