NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF USE OF WAIVER AUTHORITIES AND EXCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO OFFICER MANAGEMENT

SEC. 1304. NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF USE OF WAIVER AUTHORITIES AND EXCLUSIONS WITH RESPECT TO OFFICER MANAGEMENT (a) Additions to Annual Joint Officer Report.—Section 667 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), (10), (11), (13), (14), and (16), respectively; (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs (2), (3), and (4): “(2) The military occupational specialties within each of the armed forces that have been designated as critical occupational specialties under section 661(c)(2) of this title, separately identifying those specialties for which there is a severe shortage of trained officers, together with an explanation of how those specialties meet the criteria for that designation in section 661(c)(2)(B) of this title. “(3) The number of officers on the active-duty list with a military occupational specialty designated under section 661(c)(2) of this title as a critical occupational specialty who— “(A) have been nominated for the joint specialty; “(B) have been nominated for the joint specialty and are serving in a joint duty assignment; “(C) have completed a joint duty assignment and are attending an appropriate program at a joint professional military education school; “(D) have completed an appropriate program at a joint professional military education school; “(E) have been selected for the joint specialty; and “(F) have served, or are serving in, a second joint duty assignment after being selected for the joint specialty, with the number of such officers who have served, or are serving, in a critical joint duty assignment shown separately for general and flag officers, and for all other officers. “(4) For each fiscal year— “(A) the number of officers nominated for the joint specialty and, of those, the number who have a military occupational specialty designated as a critical occupational specialty; and “(B) a comparison of the number of officers who have the joint specialty who qualified for the joint specialty under section 661(c)(1) of this title with the number of officers who have the joint specialty who were selected for the joint specialty under section 661(c)(2) of this title.” 101 STAT. 1173 (3) by striking out “paragraph (2)” in paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting in lieu thereof “paragraph (5)”; (4) by inserting after paragraph (8) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following new paragraph: “(9) The promotion rate for officers considered for promotion from above the promotion zone, shown for officers serving on the Joint Staff, officers with the joint specialty, and other officers serving in joint duty assignments, compared in the same manner as specified in paragraph (5). (5) by inserting after paragraph (11) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following new paragraph: “(12) The number of times, in the case of each category of exclusion, that service in a joint duty assignment was excluded in computing the average length of joint duty assignments. (6) by striking out “paragraphs (2) through (5)” in paragraph (13) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) and inserting in lieu thereof “paragraphs (5) through (9)”; (7) by inserting after paragraph (14) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following new paragraph: “(15) The number of times a waiver authority was exercised under this chapter (or under any other provision of law which permits the waiver of any requirement relating to joint duty assignments) and in the case of each such authority— “(A) whether the authority was exercised for a general or flag officer; “(B) an analysis of the reasons for exercising the authority; and “(C) the number of times in which action was taken without exercise of the waiver authority compared with the number of times waiver authority was exercised (in the case of each waiver authority under this chapter or under any other provision of law which permits the waiver of any requirement relating to joint duty assignments).” (b) Applicability.—Paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 667 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to fiscal years after fiscal year 1987.