JOINT DUTY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN DUTY PERFORMED DURING OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM.

SEC. 933. JOINT DUTY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN DUTY PERFORMED DURING OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM. (a) Authority To Give Joint Duty Credit.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may give an officer who has completed service described in paragraph (2) credit for having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment, or credit countable for determining cumulative service in joint duty assignments, for the purposes of chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code, notwithstanding the length of such service or whether that service is within the definition of “joint duty assignment” in section 668 of title 10, United States Code. (2) Service referred to in paragraph (1) is service performed by an officer, any portion of which took place during the period beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on February 28, 1991, in an assignment in the Persian Gulf combat zone that (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) provided significant experience in joint matters. (3) The Secretary, after consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may give credit for service in a joint duty assignment under paragraph (1) in the case of an officer recommended for such credit by the Chief of Staff of the Army (for officers in the Army), the Chief of Naval Operations (for officers in the Navy), the Chief of Staff of the Air Force (for officers in the Air Force), and the Commandant of the Marine Corps (for officers in the Marine Corps). Any such credit shall be granted by the Secretary on a case-by-case basis. (4) The Secretary of Defense shall establish uniform criteria for defining the standards to be used in determining whether to give an officer credit for service in a joint duty assignment under paragraph (1). Such criteria shall be consistent with the congressional declarations of policy in section 2 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401) and section 3 of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (10 U.S.C. 111 note). The criteria shall include standards to be used in determining whether to give an officer credit for completion of a full tour of duty, or credit countable for determining cumulative service, in a joint duty assignment. Such criteria may not result in the extension of eligibility for joint duty credit under this section to all officers in a specified category of officers that exists other than for reasons of this section. (b) Inapplicability of Certain Reporting and Policy Requirements.—(1) Officers for whom joint duty credit is granted pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be counted for the purposes 106 STAT. 2477of paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (11), or (12) of section 667 of title 10, United States Code, and subsections (a)(3) and (b) of section 662 of such title. (2) In the case of an officer for whom credit for completion of a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment is granted pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in paragraph (1)(B) of section 661(c) of title 10, United States Code, that, for purposes of nomination to the joint specialty under chapter 38 of such title, a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment be performed after the officer completes a program of education referred to in paragraph (1)(A) of that section. (c) Information To Be Included in Next Annual Report.—The joint specialty report of the Secretary of Defense under section 667 of title 10, United States Code for fiscal year 1993 shall include the following information (which shall be shown for the Department of Defense as a whole and separately for the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps): (1) The number of officers granted credit for a joint duty assignment pursuant to subsection (a). (2) Of such officers, the number granted credit for a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment pursuant to subsection (a) and the number granted credit for a joint duty assignment that is not treated as a full tour of duty. (3) Of the officers granted credit for a joint duty assignment pursuant to subsection (a), the number in each grade and each occupational specialty. (d) Definitions.—For purposes of this section: (1) The term “joint matters” has the meaning given such term in section 668(a) of title 10, United States Code. (2) The term “Persian Gulf combat zone” means the area designated by the President as the combat zone for Operation Desert Shield, Operation Desert Storm, and related operations for purposes of section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (3) The term “joint specialty report” means that part of the annual report of the Secretary of Defense submitted to Congress under section 113(c) of title 10, United States Code, that is included in such report pursuant to section 667 of title 10, United States Code. (e) Duration of Authority.—The authority of the Secretary of Defense under this section expires at the end of the six-month period beginnning on the date of the enactment of this Act.