RESERVE GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY.

SEC. 512. RESERVE GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY. Section 526 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections: “(d) Notice to Congress Upon Change in Grade for Certain Positions.— (1) Not later than 60 days before an action specified in paragraph (2) may become effective, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report providing notice of the intended action and an analytically based justification for the intended action. “(2) Paragraph (1) applies in the case of the following actions: “(A) A change in the grade authorized as of July 1, 1994, for a general officer position in the National Guard Bureau, a general or flag officer position in the Office of a Chief of a reserve component, or a general or flag officer position in the headquarters of a reserve component command. “(B) Assignment of a reserve component officer to a general officer position in the the National Guard Bureau, to a general or flag officer position in the Office of a Chief of a reserve component, or a general or flag officer position in the headquarters of a reserve component command in a grade other the grade authorized for that position as of July 1, 1994. “(C) Assignment of an officer other than a general or flag officer as the military executive to the Reserve Forces Policy Board. “(e) Exclusion of Certain Officers.— The limitations of this section do not apply to a reserve component general or flag officer who is on active duty for training or who is on active duty under a call or order specifying a period of less than 180 days.”.