EXTENSION OF GOOD-OF-THE-SERV1CE WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS APPOINTED TO A RESERVE CHIEF OR GUARD DIRECTOR POSITION.

SEC. 501. EXTENSION OF GOOD-OF-THE-SERV1CE WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS APPOINTED TO A RESERVE CHIEF OR GUARD DIRECTOR POSITION. (a) Waiver of Requirement for Significant Joint Duty Experience.—Sections 3038(b)(4), 5143(b)(4), 5144(b)(4), 8038(b)(4), and 10506(a)(3)(D) of title 10, United States Code, are each amended by striking “October 1, 2003” and inserting “December 31, 2004”. (b) Report on Future Implementation of Requirement.—Not later than May 1, 2003, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report— (1) setting forth the steps that have been taken by the Secretary, the Secretaries of the military departments, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to ensure that Reserve and National Guard officers receive significant joint duty experience; and (2) specifying the date by which no further extension of the waiver authority under the sections amended by subsection (a) will be required.116 STAT. 2530