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(B) by striking the second and third sen-
tences and inserting the following new sentence:
‘‘Officers 
considered 
for 
joint 
qualification
shall—
‘‘(A) meet criteria prescribed by the Secretary of
Defense; and
‘‘(B) be those officers who are serving in the
grade of captain or, in the case of the Navy, lieuten-
ant, or a higher grade.’’; and
(4) in paragraph (3)—
(A) by striking ‘‘select officers for the joint
specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘designate officers as
joint qualified officers’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘the Deputy Secretary of
Defense’’ and inserting ‘‘the Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness’’.
(c) EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS.—
Subsection (c) of such section is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) An officer may not be designated as a joint qualified
officer until the officer—
‘‘(A)(i) successfully completes an appropriate
program at a joint professional military education
school; and
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‘‘(ii) successfully completes a full tour of duty in
a joint duty assignment (as described in section
664(f) of this title (other than in paragraph (2) of
such section)); or
‘‘(B) under regulations and policy prescribed by
the Secretary of Defense, successfully demonstrates a
mastery of knowledge, skills, and abilities in joint
matters.
‘‘(2)(A) In the case of an officer who has completed
two full tours of duty in a joint duty assignment (as de-
scribed in section 664(f) of this title) and demonstrates a
mastery of knowledge, skills, and abilities on joint matters,
the Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement that
the officer have successfully completed a program of edu-
cation referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(i) if the Secretary
determines that the types of joint duty experiences com-
pleted by the officer have been of sufficient breadth to pre-
pare the officer adequately for the highest level of joint qual-
ification.
‘‘(B) The authority of the Secretary of Defense to grant
a waiver under subparagraph (A) may be delegated only
to the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readi-
ness.
‘‘(C)(i) A waiver under subparagraph (A) may be
granted only on a case-by-case basis.
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‘‘(ii) A waiver under subparagraph (A) may be grant-
ed only under circumstances justifying variation from the
requirements of paragraph (1) for designation of an officer
for the highest level of joint qualification as specified by
the Secretary of Defense.
‘‘(iii) In the case of a general or flag officer, a waiver
under subparagraph (A) may be granted only under cir-
cumstances described in clause (ii) and circumstances in
which the waiver is necessary to meet a critical need of the
Armed Forces, as determined by the Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
‘‘(iv) In the case of officers in grades below brigadier
general or rear admiral (lower half), the total number of
waivers granted under subparagraph (A) for officers in the
same pay grade during a fiscal year may not exceed 10
percent of the total number of officers in that pay grade
selected for the highest level of joint qualification during
that fiscal year.
‘‘(D) There may not be more than 32 general and flag
officers on active duty at the same time who were selected
for the joint specialty or highest level of joint qualification
while holding a general or flag officer grade and for whom
a waiver was granted under subparagraph (A).’’.
(d) NUMBER OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.—Sub-
section (d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(d) NUMBER OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.—(1)
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that approximately
one-half of the joint duty assignment positions in grades
above major or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant com-
mander are filled at any time by officers who have the high-
est level of joint qualification.
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense, with the advice of the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall designate an
appropriate number of joint duty assignment positions as
critical joint duty assignment positions. A position may be
designated as a critical joint duty assignment position only
if the duties and responsibilities of the position make it im-
portant that the occupant be particularly trained in, and
oriented toward, joint matters.
‘‘(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a
position designated under paragraph (2) may be held only
by an officer who has the highest level of joint qualification.
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Defense may waive the require-
ment in subparagraph (A) with respect to the assignment
of an officer to a position designated under paragraph (1).
Any such waiver shall be granted on a case-by-case basis.
The authority of the Secretary to grant such a waiver may
be delegated only to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
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‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, of those
joint duty assignment positions that are filled by general
or flag officers, a substantial portion are among those posi-
tions that are designated under paragraph (2) as critical
joint duty assignment positions.’’.
(e) CAREER GUIDELINES.—Subsection (e) of such sec-
tion is amended by striking ‘‘officers with the joint spe-
cialty’’ and inserting ‘‘officers who are joint qualified offi-
cers’’.
(f) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SERVICE.—Subsection (f)
of such section is amended by striking ‘‘(including section
619(e)(1) of this title)’’.
(g) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at
the beginning of chapter 38 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 661 and inserting the
following new item:
‘‘661. Management policies for joint qualified officers.’’.
SEC. 527. MODIFICATION OF PROMOTION POLICY OBJEC-
TIVES FOR JOINT OFFICERS.
Section 662(a) of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon; and
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-
serting the following new paragraph (2):
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‘‘(2) officers who are serving in or have served in
joint duty assignments are expected, as a group, to be
promoted to the next higher grade at a rate not less
than the rate for all officers of the same armed force
in the same grade and competitive category.’’.
SEC. 528. APPLICABILITY OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT RE-
QUIREMENTS LIMITED TO GRADUATES OF NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS.
(a) APPLICABILITY.—Section 663 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a joint profes-
sional military education school’’ and inserting ‘‘a
school within the National Defense University’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a joint
professional military education school’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a school within the National Defense
University’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a joint
professional military education school’’ and in-
serting ‘‘a school referred to in paragraph (1)’’.
(b) DEFINITION.—Such section is further amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(c) SCHOOL WITHIN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNI-
VERSITY.—For purposes of this section, a school within the
National Defense University includes a school as follows:
‘‘(1) The National War College.
‘‘(2) The Industrial College of the Armed Forces.
‘‘(3) The Joint Advanced Warfighting School.
‘‘(4) The Joint Forces Staff College.’’.
SEC. 529. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS RELATING TO
JOINTNESS.
(a) MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ‘‘JOINT MAT-
TERS’’.—Subsection (a) of section 668 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) JOINT MATTERS.—In this chapter, the term ‘joint
matters’ means matters involving the integrated use of mili-
tary forces relating to national military strategy, strategic
and contingency planning, and command and control of
operations under unified command that may be conducted
under unified action on land, sea, or air, in space, or in
the information environment with participants from mul-
tiple armed forces, the armed forces and other departments
and agencies of the United States Government, the armed
forces and the military forces or agencies of other countries,
the armed forces and non-governmental persons or entities,
or any combination thereof.’’.
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(b) MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ‘‘JOINT DUTY
ASSIGNMENT’’.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of such
section is amended by striking ‘‘and shall exclude’’ and all
that follows and inserting a period.
(c) RESTATEMENT OF DEFINITION OF ‘‘CRITICAL OC-
CUPATIONAL SPECIALTY’’.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 668 of such title is
further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(d) CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY.—In this
chapter, the term ‘critical occupational specialty’ means a
military occupational specialty within a combat arm of the
Army, or an equivalent arm of the Navy, Air Force, and
Marine Corps, that is designated by the Secretary of Defense
as a critical occupational specialty because such combat
arm is experiencing a severe shortage of trained officers in
that military occupational specialty.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The following
provisions of such title are each amended by striking
‘‘under section 661(c)(2) of this title’’:
(A) Section 664(c)(2).
(B) Section 667(3).
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SEC. 530. CONDITION ON APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS TO POSITION OF DIRECTOR OF NA-
TIONAL INTELLIGENCE OR DIRECTOR OF THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
(a) CONDITION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 32 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘§ 529. Condition on appointment to certain positions:
Director of National Intelligence; Director
of the Central Intelligence Agency
‘‘As a condition of appointment to the position of Di-
rector of National Intelligence or Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency, an officer shall acknowledge that upon
termination of service in such position the officer shall be
retired in accordance with section 1253 of this title.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 32 of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘529. Condition on appointment to certain positions: Director of National Intel-
ligence; Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.’’.
(b) RETIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 63 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section:
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‘‘§ 1253. Mandatory retirement: Director of National
Intelligence; Director of the Central Intel-
ligence Agency
‘‘Upon termination of the appointment of an officer
to the position of Director of National Intelligence or Direc-
tor of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secretary of the
military department concerned shall retire the officer under
any provision of this title under which the officer is eligible
to retire.’’.
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 63 of such title is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘1253. Mandatory retirement: Director of National Intelligence; Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act, and shall apply with respect to appointments of com-
missioned officers of the Armed Forces to the position of
Director of National Intelligence or Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency on or after that date.
Subtitle B—Reserve Component
Personnel Matters
SEC. 531. ENHANCED FLEXIBILITY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF
RESERVE COMPONENT PERSONNEL.
(a) CLARIFICATION
OF
DEFINITION
OF
‘‘ACTIVE
GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY’’ UNDER TITLE 10, UNITED
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STATES CODE.—Section 101(d)(6)(A) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or full-time National Guard
duty’’ the first place it appears;
(2) by striking ‘‘to active duty or’’ and inserting
‘‘to’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘Guard, pursuant’’ and inserting
‘‘Guard pursuant’’; and
(4) by inserting a comma before ‘‘for a period’’.
(b) EXPANSION
OF ACTIVE GUARD
AND RESERVE
DUTY TO INCLUDE SUPPORT OF RESERVE COMPONENT OP-
ERATIONS
AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION
AND TRAIN-
ING.—Section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following new subsections:
‘‘(a) ACTIVE GUARD AND RESERVE DUTY.—The Sec-
retary concerned may order a Reserve ordered to or retained
on active duty under section 12301(d) of this title to per-
form active Guard and Reserve duty.
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES.—A Reserve on active duty
as described in subsection (a) who is performing active
Guard and Reserve duty pursuant to an order under that
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subsection may be assigned additional duties (to the extent
such duties do not interfere with the performance by the
Reserve of active Guard and Reserve duty under that sub-
section) as follows:
‘‘(1) Supporting operations or missions assigned
in whole or in part to the reserve components.
‘‘(2) Supporting operations or missions per-
formed or to be performed by—
‘‘(A) a unit composed of elements from more
than one component of the same armed force; or
‘‘(B) a joint forces unit that includes—
‘‘(i) one or more reserve component
units; or
‘‘(ii) a member of a reserve component
whose reserve component assignment is in a
position in an element of the joint forces
unit.
‘‘(3) Advising the Secretary of Defense, the Secre-
taries of the military departments, the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, and the commanders of the combatant com-
mands on reserve component matters.
‘‘(4) Instructing or training members of the
armed forces on active duty, members of foreign mili-
tary forces (under authorities and limitations appli-
cable to the provision of such instruction or training