S.Amdt. 1545

SA 1545. Mr. DOMENICI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following:

SEC. 509. RETIRED RANK OF VICE ADMIRAL FOR CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCH AFTER CERTAIN YEARS OF SERVICE IN POSITION.

Section 5022(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(3) An officer who is retired after completing service as Chief of Naval Research and serving in such position in the grade of rear admiral (upper half) may, at the discretion of the President, be retired with the rank and grade of vice admiral. If so retired in the grade of vice admiral, the officer is entitled to the retired pay of that grade, unless entitled to higher pay under another provision of law.”.