GRADE OF CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCH.

SEC. 501. GRADE OF CHIEF OF NAVAL RESEARCH. (a) Rear Admiral (Upper Half).— Section 5022(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(2) Unless appointed to higher grade under another provision of law, an officer, while serving in the Office of Naval Research as Chief of Naval Research, has the rank of rear admiral (upper half).”. (b) Effective Date.— Paragraph (2) of section 5022(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take 110 STAT. 2511effect upon the occurrence of the first vacancy in the position of Chief of Naval Research after the date of the enactment of this Act.