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the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on 
December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘during the period be-
ginning on October 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 
2007’’. 
SEC. 503. SEPARATION AT AGE 64 FOR RESERVE COMPO-
NENT SENIOR OFFICERS. 
Section 14512(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘Unless retired,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘who is Chief’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘of a State,’’ and inserting ‘‘who is 
specified in paragraph (2)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies to a reserve officer of the 
Army or Air Force who is any of the following: 
‘‘(A) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau. 
‘‘(B) The Chief of the Army Reserve, Chief of 
the Air Force Reserve, Director of the Army Na-
tional Guard, or Director of the Air National Guard. 
‘‘(C) An adjutant general. 
‘‘(D) If a reserve officer of the Army, the com-
manding general of the troops of a State.’’.
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SEC. 504. IMPROVED ADMINISTRATION OF TRANSITIONS 
INVOLVING OFFICERS IN SENIOR GENERAL 
AND FLAG OFFICER POSITIONS. 
(a) EXCLUSION FROM GRADE DISTRIBUTION LIMI-
TATIONS
FOR SENIOR OFFICERS TRANSITIONING BE-
TWEEN POSITIONS OR AWAITING RETIREMENT.—Section 
525(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(d) An officer continuing to hold the grade of gen-
eral, admiral, lieutenant general, or vice admiral under 
paragraph (2) or (4) of section 601(b) of this title shall 
not be counted for purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) APPOINTMENTS TO POSITIONS OF IMPORTANCE 
AND RESPONSIBILITY.—Section 601 of such title is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting before the 
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, but not for 
more than 30 days’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e)(1) If a transition period for an officer under sub-
section (b)(2) or (b)(4) exceeds the maximum period speci-
fied in that subsection, the officer shall revert to the offi-
cer’s permanent grade, effective on the day after the date 
on which that period is exceeded.
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‘‘(2) In each case in which the transition period for 
an officer under subsection (b)(2) exceeds 30 days, the 
Secretary of Defense shall promptly submit to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
a report on the matter. The report shall include the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The officer’s name. 
‘‘(B) The date on which the transition period 
began and the date on which the 30-day limit was 
exceeded. 
‘‘(C) The former position of the officer and the 
position to which the officer has been ordered trans-
ferred. 
‘‘(D) The reason for extended transition to the 
position to which ordered transferred. 
‘‘(E) The date on which the officer reverted to 
the officer’s permanent grade pursuant to paragraph 
(1).’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF FROCKING TO GRADES ABOVE 
MAJOR GENERAL AND REAR ADMIRAL.—Section 777(a) 
of such title is amended by inserting ‘‘in a grade below 
the grade of major general or, in the case of the Navy, 
rear admiral,’’ after ‘‘An officer’’ in the first sentence.
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SEC. 505. CONSOLIDATION OF GRADE LIMITATIONS ON OF-
FICER ASSIGNMENT AND INSIGNIA PRACTICE 
KNOWN AS FROCKING. 
Section 777(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘brigadier generals and 
Navy rear admirals (lower half)’’ and inserting 
‘‘colonels, Navy captains, brigadier generals, 
and rear admirals (lower half)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the grade of’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘30’’ and inserting ‘‘the next 
higher grade may not exceed 85’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 506. AUTHORITY FOR DESIGNATION OF A GENERAL/
FLAG OFFICER POSITION ON THE JOINT 
STAFF TO BE HELD BY RESERVE COMPO-
NENT GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICER ON AC-
TIVE DUTY. 
Section 526(b)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting ‘‘, and a general and flag officer 
position on the Joint Staff,’’ after ‘‘combatant com-
mands’’.
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SEC. 507. AUTHORITY TO RETAIN PERMANENT PROFES-
SORS AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY BEYOND 30 
YEARS OF ACTIVE COMMISSIONED SERVICE. 
(a) WAIVER
OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT
FOR 
YEARS OF SERVICE.—
(1) 
LIEUTENANT
COLONELS
AND
COM-
MANDERS.—Section 633 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Except an’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘except as provided’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a) 28 YEARS
OF ACTIVE COMMIS-
SIONED SERVICE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b) and as provided’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply to 
the following: 
‘‘(1) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps 
who is an officer designated for limited duty to 
whom section 5596(e) or 6383 of this title applies. 
‘‘(2) An officer of the Navy or Marine Corps 
who is a permanent professor at the United States 
Naval Academy.’’. 
(2) COLONELS AND NAVY CAPTAINS.—Section 
634 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘Except an’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘except as provided’’ and in-