SEC. 533. CAREER MILITARY PROFESSORS OF THE NAVY: 
PROMOTIONS. 
(a) PERMANENT
PROFESSORS: UNITED
STATES 
NAVY.—Section 641(2) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The director of admissions, dean, and per-
manent professors at the United States Military 
Academy, the registrar, dean, and permanent profes-
sors at the United States Air Force Academy, per-
manent professors (as defined in regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy) at the United 
States Naval Academy, and career military profes-
sors (as defined in regulations prescribed by the Sec-
retary of the Navy) of the Naval War College, the 
Naval Postgraduate School, and any other graduate- 
level institution established to provide advanced edu-
cation to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.’’. 
(b) PROMOTIONS.—(1) Chapter 603 of such title is 
amended by inserting after section 6970 the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 6970a. Permanent professors: promotion 
‘‘An officer serving as a permanent professor at the 
Naval Academy (as defined in regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Navy) or career military professors 
(as defined in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
the Navy) of the Naval War College, the Naval Post-
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graduate School, and any other graduate-level institution 
established to provide advanced education to members of 
the Navy and Marine Corps in the grade of commander 
or lieutenant colonel may be recommended for promotion 
to the grade of captain or colonel under regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Navy, such promotion to 
be effective no earlier than six years after selection as a 
permanent professor or career military professor. An offi-
cer so recommended shall be promoted by appointment to 
the higher grade by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate.’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such 
chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 6970 the following new item: 
‘‘6970a. Permanent professors: promotion.’’. 
Subtitle D—General Service 
Authorities 
SEC. 541. SHORTEN EIGHT YEAR MANDATORY SERVICE OB-
LIGATION FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH PROFES-
SIONALS IN CRITICAL SPECIALTIES. 
Section 651 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary of Defense may waive the required 
service provisions of subsection (a) for initial appoint-
ments of commissioned officers in critically short health 
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professional specialties, as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense. However, no such waiver shall reduce the period 
of obligated service to a period of less than two years, and 
no waiver can reduce the period of obligated service below 
the period for which an individual accepted an accession 
bonus or Multiyear Special Pay contract.’’. 
SEC. 542. REINSTATEMENT OF ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR 
SELECTIVE EARLY RETIREMENT. 
(a) ENHANCED AUTHORITY FOR SELECTIVE EARLY 
RETIREMENT.—Section 638a of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1990’’ and in-
serting ‘‘October 1, 2007’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2001’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2012’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting before the 
period at the end of the second sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘; provided, however, that from October 1, 
2007 through December 31, 2012, such number 
may be more than 30 percent of the number of offi-
cers considered in each competitive category, but 
may not be more than 30 percent of the number of 
officers considered in each grade’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to agreements en-
tered into under section 1175a of title 10, United States 
Code, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle E—Military Justice 
Matters 
SEC. 551. PERMIT SECRETARY TO DESIGNATE PERSONS EL-
IGIBLE FOR LEGAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 1044(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(6) Other persons designated in regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary concerned.’’. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
SEC. 571. ELIMINATION OF ANNUAL LIMIT ON NUMBER OF 
ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS UNDER ARMY RESERVE 
AND NATIONAL GUARD PROGRAM. 
Subsection (h) of section 2107a of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘not more than 416 
cadets each year under this section, to include’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘each year under this section’’. 
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