I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5832 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the enhanced selective 
discharge authority currently available to the Secretary of a military 
department to permit a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces who 
was appointed from the enlisted ranks and has at least 20 years of 
service, at least four years of which has been commissioned service, 
to retire in the officer’s commissioned rank. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2014 
Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. WALZ, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. 
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MARINO, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. 
BARLETTA, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. WILSON 
of South Carolina, and Mr. PERRY) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to modify the en-
hanced selective discharge authority currently available 
to the Secretary of a military department to permit 
a commissioned officer in the Armed Forces who was 
appointed from the enlisted ranks and has at least 20 
years of service, at least four years of which has been 
commissioned service, to retire in the officer’s commis-
sioned rank. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Proudly Restoring Of-
ficers of Prior Enlistment Retirement Act’’ or the 
‘‘PROPER Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN REQUIRED LENGTH OF COMMIS-
SIONED SERVICE FOR RETIREMENT AS AN 
OFFICER. 
(a) ARMY.—Section 3911(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The period’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
the period’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) During the period beginning on January 1, 
2014, and ending on September 30, 2016, the requirement 
under subsection (a) for at least 10 years of active service 
as a commissioned officer shall be reduced to a period of 
at least four years.’’. 
(b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.—Section 6323(a)(2) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘The pe-
riod’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subpara-
graph (C), the period’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(B) During the period beginning on January 1, 
2014, and ending on September 30, 2016, the requirement 
under paragraph (1) for at least 10 years of active service 
as a commissioned officer shall be reduced to a period of 
at least four years.’’. 
(c) AIR FORCE.—Section 8911(b) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The period’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (3), 
the period’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) During the period beginning on January 1, 
2014, and ending on September 30, 2016, the requirement 
under subsection (a) for at least 10 years of active service 
as a commissioned officer shall be reduced to a period of 
at least four years.’’. 
(d) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—In the case of a 
member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps 
who was retired under section 638a, 3911(a), 6323(a), or 
8911(a) of title 10, United States Code, during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2014, and ending on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the military 
department concerned shall modify the rank in which the 
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member was retired if necessary to comply with the 
amendments made by this section. 
Æ 
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