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officers shall also serve as liaisons between their respective 
components and the Board. They shall perform their staff 
and liaison duties under the supervision of the military 
executive in an independent manner reflecting the inde-
pendent nature of the Board. 
‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP TO SERVICE RESERVE POLICY 
COMMITTEES AND BOARDS.—This section does not affect 
the committees and boards prescribed within the military 
departments by sections 10302 through 10305 of this 
title, and a member of such a committee or board may, 
if otherwise eligible, be a member of the Board.’’. 
(b) BOARD MEMBERSHIP TRANSITION PROVISION.— 
The members of the Reserve Forces Policy Board as of 
the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue to 
serve on the Board in accordance with their respective 
terms of service as of such date, and except to ensure that 
the positions of chairman and military executive of the 
Board continue to be filled, and to ensure that the reserve 
components listed in paragraphs (1) through (7) of section 
10101 of title 10, United States Code, continue to have 
representation, no appointment or designation of a mem-
ber of the Board may be made after such date until the 
number of voting members of the Board is fewer than 18. 
Once the number of voting members is fewer than 18, va-
cancies in the Board membership shall be filled in accord-
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ance with section 10301 of title 10, United States Code, 
as amended by subsection (a). 
(c) REVISION TO ANNUAL REPORT REQUIREMENT.— 
Section 113(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘the reserve programs of the Depart-
ment of Defense and on any other matters’’ and inserting 
‘‘any reserve component matter’’. 
SEC. 517. MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD AND JUDI-
CIAL 
REMEDIES 
FOR 
NATIONAL 
GUARD 
TECHNICIANS. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF RESTRICTED RIGHT OF AP-
PEAL.— 
(1) CURRENT RESTRICTION TO ADJUTANT GEN-
ERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 709 of title 32, 
United States Code, is amended by striking para-
graph (4). 
(2) STYLISTIC
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.—Such subsection is further amended— 
(A) by striking the material preceding 
paragraph (1); 
(B) by capitalizing the first word in para-
graphs (1), (2), (3), and (5); 
(C) by striking the semicolon at the end of 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) and inserting a pe-
riod; 
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(D) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (4); and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) This subsection shall be carried out under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF CERTAIN TITLE 5 PROVI-
SIONS.—Section 709(g) of title 32, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘Sections 2108, 3502, 7511, and 
7512’’ and inserting ‘‘Section 2108’’. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF
ADVERSE
ACTIONS
SUB-
CHAPTER.—Section 7511(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (5); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 
(10) as paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively. 
Subtitle C—Joint Qualified Officers 
and Requirements 
SEC. 521. TECHNICAL REVISIONS TO DEFINITION OF JOINT 
MATTERS FOR PURPOSES OF JOINT OFFICER 
MANAGEMENT. 
Section 668(a) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘multiple’’ in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting ‘‘in-
tegrated’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of the 
subparagraph (D) and inserting ‘‘or’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In the context of joint matters, the term ‘inte-
grated military forces’ refers to military forces that are 
involved in the planning or execution (or both) of oper-
ations involving participants from— 
‘‘(A) more than one military department; or 
‘‘(B) a military department and one or more of 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Other departments and agencies of the 
United States. 
‘‘(ii) The military forces or agencies of 
other countries. 
‘‘(iii) Non-governmental persons or enti-
ties.’’. 
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SEC. 522. CHANGES TO PROCESS INVOLVING PROMOTION 
BOARDS FOR JOINT QUALIFIED OFFICERS 
AND OFFICERS WITH JOINT STAFF EXPERI-
ENCE. 
(a) BOARD COMPOSITION.—Subsection (c) of section 
612 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(c)(1) Each selection board convened under section 
611(a) of this title that will consider an officer described 
in paragraph (2) shall include at least one officer des-
ignated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who 
is a joint qualified officer. 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to an officer 
who— 
‘‘(A) is serving in, or has served in, a joint duty 
assignment; 
‘‘(B) is serving on, or has served on, the Joint 
Staff; or 
‘‘(C) is a joint qualified officer. 
‘‘(3) The Secretary of Defense may waive the require-
ment in paragraph (1) in the case of— 
‘‘(A) any selection board of the Marine Corps; 
or 
‘‘(B) any selection board that is considering of-
ficers in specialties identified in paragraph (2) or (3) 
of section 619a(b) of this title.’’. 
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