RETIREMENT WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICE.

SEC. 4417. RETIREMENT WITH 15 YEARS OF SERVICE. (a) Authority.—Chapter 67 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1331 the following new section: “§ 1331a. Temporary special retirement qualification authority “(a) Retirement With At Least 15 Years of Service.—For the purposes of section 1331 of this title, the Secretary of a military department may— “(1) during the period described in subsection (b), determine to treat a member of the Selected Reserve of a reserve component of the armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary as having met the service requirements of subsection (a)(2) of that section and provide the member with the notification required by subsection (d) of that section if the member— “(A) as of October 1, 1991, has completed at least 15, and less than 20, years of service computed under section 1332 of this title; or “(B) after that date and before October 1, 1995, completes 15 years of service computed under that section; and “(2) upon the request of the member submitted to the Secretary within one year after the date of the notification referred to in paragraph (1), transfer the member to the Retired Reserve. “(b) Period of Authority.—The period referred to in subsection (a)(1) is the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 and ending on October 1, 1995. “(c) Applicability Subject to Needs of the Service.— (1) The Secretary of the military department concerned may limit the applicability of subsection (a) to any category of personnel defined by the Secretary in order to meet a need of the armed force under the jurisdiction of the Secretary to reduce the number of members in certain grades, the number of members who have completed a certain number of years of service, or the number of members who possess certain military skills or are serving in designated competitive categories. “(2) A limitation under paragraph (1) shall be consistent with the purpose set forth in section 4414(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993. “(d) Exclusion.—This section does not apply to persons referred to in section 1331(c) of this title. “(e) Regulations.—The authority provided in this section shall be subject to regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.”. 106 STAT. 2717 (b) Clerical Amendment.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 1331 the following new item: “1331a. Temporary special retirement qualification authority”.