SAVINGS PROVISION FOR CERTAIN REGULAR ARMY WARRANT OFFICERS FACING MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE.

SEC. 1124. SAVINGS PROVISION FOR CERTAIN REGULAR ARMY WARRANT OFFICERS FACING MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR LENGTH OF SERVICE. (a) Savings Provision.—Subject to subsection (b), a regular warrant officer of the Army who on the effective date of this title— (1) is a permanent regular chief warrant officer; or (2) is on a list of officers recommended for promotion to a regular chief warrant officer grade, may be retained on active duty until he completes 30 years of active service or 24 years of active warrant officer service, whichever is later, that could be credited to him under section 511 of the Career Compensation Act of 1949 (70 Stat. 114) (as in effect on the day before the effective date of this part), and then be retired under the appropriate provision of title 10, United States Code, on the first day of the month after the month in which he completes that service. (b) Exceptions.—Subsection (a) does not apply to a regular warrant officer who— (1) is sooner retired or separated under another provision of law; (2) is promoted to the regular grade of chief warrant officer, W–5; or (3) is continued on active duty under section 580(e) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title.