← Back to Bills
S. 2177Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Vice Chiefs Parity Act of 2023

Sponsored by Gary C. PetersSen. Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
Introduced June 22, 2023

AI-Generated Summary

Updated January 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM UTC

The Vice Chiefs Parity Act of 2023 changes the rank and staffing rules for the Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau. It requires that the Vice Chief be appointed as a general‑grade officer and removes the position from the overall limits on the number of general and flag officers. This affects the National Guard Bureau and the Department of Defense’s officer strength calculations.

Key Provisions

  • The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau must be appointed to serve in the grade of general.
  • The Secretary of Defense must designate the Vice Chief position as excluded from the authorized strength limits on general and flag officers under the relevant U.S. Code provisions.

Legislative Activity

Stay on top of the latest movement without scrolling through every action

1 earlier action
SenateIntro Referral Latest Action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 22, 2023

View full timeline
SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

June 22, 2023

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 22, 2023

Bill Text

Latest available legislative text

Reading Mode
Latest
Raw Text PDF XML
Introduced in SenateIssued June 22, 2023

II

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2177

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 22, 2023

Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide for parity among the vice chiefs, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Vice Chiefs Parity Act of 2023.

2.

Grade of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau

Section 10505 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(c)

Grade and Exclusion From General and Flag Officer Authorized Strength

(1)

The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall be appointed to serve in the grade of general.

(2)

The Secretary of Defense shall designate, pursuant to subsection (b) of section 526a of this title, the position of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau as one of the general officer and flag officer positions to be excluded from the limitations in subsection (a) of such section.

.