S.Amdt. 955

SA 955. Mr. GRAHAM 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 section 504, add the following:
(c) Deputy Judge Advocate of the Air Force.--Section
8037(e) of such title is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(e)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) If the Secretary of the Air Force elects to convene a
selection board under section 611(a) of this title to
consider eligible officers for selection to appointment as
Deputy Judge Advocate General, the Secretary may, in
connection with such consideration for selection--
``(A) treat any section in chapter 36 of this title
referring to promotion to the next higher grade as if such
section referred to promotion to a higher grade; and
``(B) waive section 619(a)(2) of this title if the
Secretary determines that the needs of the Air Force require
the waiver.''.
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