DETERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR WARRANT OFFICER RETIREMENT SANCTUARY.

SEC. 505. DETERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR WARRANT OFFICER RETIREMENT SANCTUARY. (a) Equity With Other Members.—Section 580(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 107 STAT. 1646 (1) by inserting “(except as provided in subparagraph (C))” in subparagraph (A) after “shall be separated”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(C) If on the date on which a warrant officer is to be separated under subparagraph (A) the warrant officer has at least 18 years of creditable active service, the warrant officer shall be retained on active duty until retired under paragraph (3) in the same manner as if the warrant officer had had at least 18 years of service on the applicable date under subparagraph (A) or (B) of that paragraph.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to warrant officers who have not been separated pursuant to section 58(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, before the date of enactment of this Act.