S.Amdt. 4019

SA 4019. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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. 503. EXTENSION OF TRANSITION PERIOD RELATING TO
MODIFICATIONS TO RULES FOR RETIREMENT OR
SEPARATION FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WHO REACH
62 YEARS OF AGE.

(a) In General.--Section 1251(e)(2) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``the date of the
enactment of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021'' and inserting
``December 31, 2022''.
(b) Retroactive Effect.--
(1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes
effect on January 1, 2021, as if included in the enactment of
the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
(2) Treatment of separations between january 1, 2021, and
date of enactment.--A commissioned officer who is separated
under paragraph (1) of section 1251(e) of title 10, United
States Code, on or after January 1, 2021, and before the date
of the enactment of this Act, and who qualifies under
paragraph (2) of that section, as amended by subsection (a),
for retirement and retired pay, shall be--
(A) transferred to retired status; and
(B) paid retired pay computed under section 1401 of title
10, United States Code, for each month that begins after the
date of separation.
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