S.Amdt. 781

SA 781. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 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:

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

SEC. ___. ELIMINATION OF STATUTORY DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTAL BY
OFFICERS OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS TO PROMOTION
SELECTION BOARDS ON MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE TO
THEIR SELECTION.

(a) In General.--Section 614(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ``, to arrive not
later than the day before the date the board convenes,''; and
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ``timely''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act,
and shall apply with respect to promotion selection boards
convened on or after that date.
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