CONSISTENCY OF TREATMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TECHNICIANS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD.

SEC. 523. CONSISTENCY OF TREATMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TECHNICIANS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. (a) Federal Recognition Qualifications for Technicians.—Section 709 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(i) The Secretary concerned may not prescribe for purposes of eligibility for Federal recognition under section 301 of this title a qualification applicable to technicians employed under subsection (a) that is not applicable pursuant to that section to the other members of the National Guard in the same grade, branch, position, and type of unit or organization involved.”. (b) Military Education.—The following provisions of law are repealed: (1) Section 523 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100–456; 102 Stat. 1974; 32 U.S.C. 709 note). (2) Section 506 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–189; 103 Stat. 1438; 32 U.S.C. 709 note). (c) Savings Provision.—A civilian technician of the Army National Guard serving in an active status on the date of the enactment of this Act who under the provisions of law repealed by subsection (b) (or under other Department of the Army policy in effect on the day before such date of enactment) was granted credit on the technician’s military record for the completion of certain education and training courses shall retain such credit, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), for a period determined by the Secretary of the Army. Such a period may not terminate, in the case of any such civilian technician, before the effective date of such civilian technician’s next mililitary promotion.