S.Amdt. 3224

1. Adds SEC. 505. CERTAIN DUTY REQUIRED AS CONDITION OF PROMOTION OF ARMY AND AIR FORCE OFFICERS TO BRIGADIER GENERAL at the end of subtitle A of title V

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   It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Defense should include assignments in which military officers are assigned as instructors responsible for preparing and presenting academic courses on the faculty of the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, or the United States Air Force Academy as joint duty assignments.

   Inserted: SEC. 505. CERTAIN DUTY REQUIRED AS CONDITION OF PROMOTION OF ARMY AND AIR FORCE OFFICERS TO BRIGADIER GENERAL.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Chapter 36 of title 10, is amended by inserting after section 619a the following new section:

   Inserted: "Sec. 619b. Eligibility for consideration for promotion:

   Inserted: Guard or Reserve duty required before promotion of Army and

   Inserted: Air Force officers to brigadier general; active duty required before promotion of Reserve Army and Air Force officers to brigadier general

   Inserted: "(a) Guard or Reserve Duty Required for Officers on Active-duty List.--After the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, an officer on the active-duty list of the Army or Air Force may not be appointed to the grade of brigadier general unless the officer has completed a tour of duty of at least one year in a Guard or Reserve duty assignment.

   Inserted: "(b) Active Duty Required for Reserve Officers.--After the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, a Reserve officer of the Army or Air Force may not be appointed to the grade of brigadier general unless the officer has completed an aggregate of at least one year on active duty in the armed forces (other than for training).

   Inserted: "(c) Exceptions.--Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (a) or (b) in the following circumstances:

   Inserted: "(1) When necessary for the good of the service.

   Inserted: "(2) In the case of--

   Inserted: "(A) a medical officer, dental officer, veterinary officer, medical service officer, nurse, or biomedical science officer;

   Inserted: "(B) a chaplain; or

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   Inserted: "(C) a judge advocate.

   Inserted: "(3) With respect to subsection (a), in the case of an officer whose proposed selection for promotion is based primarily upon scientific and technical qualifications for which Guard or Reserve requirements do not exist.

   Inserted: "(4) With respect to subsection (a), in the case of an officer selected by a promotion board for appointment to the grade of brigadier general while serving in a Guard or Reserve duty assignment if at least 180 days of that assignment have been completed on the date of the convening of that selection board.

   Inserted: "(d) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regulations shall specifically identify for purposes of subsection (c)(3) those categories of officers for which selection for promotion to brigadier general is based primarily upon scientific and technical qualifications for which Guard or Reserve requirements do not exist.

   Inserted: "(e) Guard or Reserve Duty Assignment Defined.--In this section, the term 'Guard or Reserve duty assignment' means an assignment involving the organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the reserve components, preferably in an assignment maximizing exposure to the unique capabilities of the National Guard and Reserve, other than an assignment to a Reserve Officers Training Corps unit.".

   Inserted: (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of subchapter II of chapter 36 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 619a the following new item:

   Inserted: "619b. Eligibility for consideration for promotion: Guard or Reserve duty required before promotion of Army and Air Force officers to brigadier general; active duty required before promotion of Reserve Army and Air Force officers to brigadier general.".

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

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