TECHNICAL CORRECTION AND CODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREE FOR APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION OF RESERVE OFFICERS TO GRADES ABOVE FIRST LIEUTENANT OR LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE).

SEC. 515. TECHNICAL CORRECTION AND CODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT OF BACCALAUREATE DEGREE FOR APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION OF RESERVE OFFICERS TO GRADES ABOVE FIRST LIEUTENANT OR LIEUTENANT (JUNIOR GRADE). (a) In General.—Chapter 34 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 595 the following new section: “§ 596. Commissioned officers: appointment; educational requirement “(a) In General.—After September 30, 1995, no person may be appointed to a grade above the grade of first lieutenant in the Army Reserve, Air Force Reserve, or Marine Corps Reserve or to a grade above the grade of lieutenant (junior grade) in the Naval Reserve, or be federally recognized in a grade above the grade of first lieutenant as a member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard, unless that person has been awarded a baccalaureate degree by an accredited educational institution. “(b) Exceptions.—Subsection (a) does not apply to the following: “(1) The appointment to or recognition in a higher grade of a person who is appointed in or assigned for service in a health profession for which a baccalaureate degree is not a condition of original appointment or assignment. “(2) The appointment in the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve of an individual appointed for service as an officer designated as a limited duty officer. “(3) The appointment in the Naval Reserve of an individual appointed for service under the Naval Aviation Cadet (NAVCAD) program. “(4) The appointment to or recognition in a higher grade of any person who was appointed to, or federally recognized in, the grade of captain or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant before October 1, 1995.”. 106 STAT. 2407 (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 595 the following new item: “596. Commissioned officers: appointment; educational requirement.”.