TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS.

SEC. 508. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENTS. (a) Joint Duty Assignments for General and Flag Officers.—Subsection (g) of section 619a of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: “(g) Limitation for General and Flag Officers Previously Receiving Joint Duty Assignment Waiver.—A general officer or flag officer who before January 1, 1999, received a waiver of subsection (a) under the authority of this subsection (as in effect before that date) may not be appointed to the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral until the officer completes a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment.”. (b) Nuclear Propulsion Officers.—Subsection (h) of that section is amended—113 STAT. 592 (1) by striking “(1) Until January 1, 1997, an” and inserting “An”; (2) by striking “may be” and inserting “who before January 1, 1997, is”; (3) by striking “. An officer so appointed”; and (4) by striking paragraph (2).