FREQUENCY OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT POLICIES.

SEC. 510. FREQUENCY OF REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT POLICIES. (a) Change from Semiannual to Annual Report.— Section 662(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out “Report.—The Secretary of Defense shall periodically (and not less often than every six months) report to Congress on the promotion rates” and inserting in lieu thereof “Annual Report.—Not later than January 1 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on the promotion rates during the preceding fiscal year”. (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.— Such section is further amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking out “clauses” and inserting in lieu thereof “paragraphs”; and (2) in the second sentence— (A) by inserting “for any fiscal year” after “such objectives”; and (B) by striking out “periodic report required by this subsection” and inserting in lieu thereof “report for that fiscal year”.