REPORTS RELATING TO COURSES OF INSTRUCTION AT CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROMOTION TO GENERAL OR FLAG GRADE

SEC. 1121. REPORTS RELATING TO COURSES OF INSTRUCTION AT CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION SCHOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PROMOTION TO GENERAL OR FLAG GRADE (a) Service Secretaries Reports.—(1) The Secretary of each military department shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report— (A) evaluating the principal courses of instruction at each intermediate or senior professional military education school operated by that department in light of the mission of that school; and (B) recommending the appropriate duration for those courses and the level and courses of professional military education that should be required before an officer is selected for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy, rear admiral (lower half). (2) The reports required by paragraph (1) shall be prepared independently of the report required by subsection (b) and independently of each other. (3) The reports required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted at such time as may be required by the Secretary of Defense. (b) Secretary of Defense Report.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report— (A) containing copies of the reports submitted to the Secretary under subsection (a), together with such comments on each report as the Secretary considers appropriate; (B) evaluating the principal courses of instruction at each intermediate or senior professional military education school in light of the mission of that school; and (C) recommending the appropriate duration for those courses and the level and types of professional military education that should be required before an officer is selected for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy, rear admiral (lower half). (2) The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than April 2, 1990. (c) Other Matters To Be Included in Reports.—The reports required by subsection (a) and subsection (b) shall include a discussion of the following: (1) The implications of establishing by law a minimum length of 10 months duration for the principal courses of instruction at each intermediate or senior professional military education school. (2) The implications of requiring by law, beginning January 1, 1999, that a prerequisite for selection of an officer for promotion to the grade of brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy, rear admiral (lower half) shall be graduation from an intermediate professional military education school and a senior professional military education school. (3) The practicability of providing that— (A) the promotion eligibility of an officer may not be adversely affected by the attendance of the officer at a professional military education course of 10 months or more 103 STAT. 1556at an intermediate or senior professional military education school; and (B) an officer who attends a professional military education course of 10 months or more at an intermediate or senior professional military education school shall be entitled to an additional year of service for each such course to prevent prejudice when considering the officer for discharge or retirement pursuant to subchapter III of chapter 36 of title 10, United States Code— (i) for failure of selection for promotion; or (ii) for years of service. (d) Intermediate or Senior Professional Military Education School Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “intermediate or senior professional military education school” means any of the following: (1) The Army War College. (2) The College of Naval Warfare. (3) The Air War College. (4) The United States Army Command and General Staff College. (5) The College of Naval Command and Staff. (6) The Air Command and Staff College. (7) The Marine Corps Command and Staff College.