TWO-YEAR RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO REDUCE MINIMUM LENGTH OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE REQUIRED FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT AS AN OFFICER.

SEC. 502. TWO-YEAR RENEWAL OF TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO REDUCE MINIMUM LENGTH OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE REQUIRED FOR VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT AS AN OFFICER.(a) Army.—Section 3911(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) by inserting “(1)” after “(b)”;(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking “during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on December 31, 2001” and inserting “during the period specified in paragraph (2),”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) The period specified in this paragraph is the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 and ending on December 31, 2008.”.(b) Navy and Marine Corps.—Section 6323(a)(2) of such title is amended—(1) by inserting “(A)” after “(2)”;(2) in subparagraph (A), as so designated, by striking “during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on December 31, 2001” and inserting “during the period specified in subparagraph (B),”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(B) The period specified in this subparagraph is the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 and ending on December 31, 2008.”.(c) Air Force.—Section 8911(b) of such title is amended—(1) by inserting “(1)” after “(b)”;(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking “during the period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on December 31, 2001” and inserting “during the period specified in paragraph (2),”; and(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:119 STAT. 3226 “(2) The period specified in this paragraph is the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 and ending on December 31, 2008.”.