MINIMUM SERVICE QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROMOTION.

SEC. 1685. MINIMUM SERVICE QUALIFICATIONS FOR PROMOTION. During the five-year period beginning on the effective date of this title, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force may waive the provisions of section 14304 of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title. The Secretary may, in addition, during any period in which such a waiver is in effect, establish minimum periods of total years of commissioned service an officer must have served to be eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade of captain, major, or lieutenant colonel by boards convened under section 14101(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by this title.