INCREASED YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE FOR MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF REGULAR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS IN GRADES ABOVE MAJOR GENERAL AND REAR ADMIRAL.

SEC. 506. INCREASED YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE FOR MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF REGULAR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS IN GRADES ABOVE MAJOR GENERAL AND REAR ADMIRAL. (a) Years of Service.—Section 636 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking out “Except as provided” and inserting in lieu thereof “(a) Major Generals and Rear Admirals Serving in Grade.—Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) and”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) Lieutenant Generals and Vice Admirals.—In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 38 years. “(c) Generals and Admirals.—In the administration of subsection (a) in the case of an officer who is serving in the grade of general or admiral, the number of years of active commissioned service applicable to the officer is 40 years.”. (b) Section Heading.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: “§636. Retirement for years of service: regular officers in grades above brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half)”. (c) Clerical Amendment.—The item relating to such section in the table of sections at the beginning of subchapter III of chapter 36 of such title is amended to read as follows: “636. Retirement for years of service: regular officers in grades above brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half).”.