S.Amdt. 2843

SA 2843. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Daines)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282
proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) to the bill H.R.
5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 521 and insert the following:

SEC. 521. AUTHORITY TO ADJUST EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION IN
THE EVENT OF DELAY IN EXTENDING FEDERAL
RECOGNITION OF PROMOTION.

(a) Authority To Adjust.--
(1) In general.--Section 14308(f) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The effective date of
promotion''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) If the Secretary concerned determines that there was
a delay in extending Federal recognition in the next higher
grade in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard to
a reserve commissioned officer of the Army or the Air Force,
and the delay was not attributable to the action (or
inaction) of such officer, the effective date of the
promotion concerned under paragraph (1) may be adjusted to a
date determined by the Secretary concerned, but not earlier
than the effective date of the State promotion.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Reports on Processes for Federal Recognition of
Promotion of Commissioned National Guard Officers.--
(1) Review.--The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of
the Air Force shall each undertake a comprehensive review of
the policies and procedures of the Department of the Army and
the Department of the Air Force, as applicable, for the
Federal recognition promotions of commissioned officers of
the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, as the
case may be.
(2) Reports required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army
and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each submit to

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the congressional defense committees a report, in writing,
setting forth the results of the review required by paragraph
(1). Each report shall include the following:
(A) A description of the average time between receipt by
the military department concerned of scrolls indicating the
promotion of commissioned officers in the National Guard and
their publication during the five-year period ending on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(B) A description and assessment of various approaches for
streamlining the process by which the military department
concerned approves Federal recognition scrolls, including
through--
(i) additional automation;
(ii) reduction in required steps; or
(iii) delegation of authority to conduct required reviews.
(C) If the Secretary concerned considers any approach under
subparagraph (B) feasible and advisable, such recommendations
for legislative or administration action as such Secretary
considers appropriate to implement such approach.
(3) Scroll defined.--In this subsection, the term
``scroll'' has the meaning given that term in Department of
Defense Instruction 1310.02.
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