HIGH-LEVEL POSITIONS AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED TO BE HELD BY RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS.

SEC. 1824. HIGH-LEVEL POSITIONS AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED TO BE HELD BY RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL OR FLAG OFFICERS.(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of Congress that, whenever officers of the Armed Forces are considered for promotion to the grade of lieutenant general, or vice admiral in the case of the Navy, on the active duty list, officers in the reserve components of the Armed Forces who are eligible for promotion to such grade should be considered for promotion to such grade.(b) National Guard Officer as Deputy Commander of United States Northern Command.—Section 164(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(4) At least one deputy commander of the combatant command the geographic area of responsibility of which includes the United States shall be a qualified officer of the National Guard who is eligible for promotion to the grade of O–9, unless a National Guard officer is serving as commander of that combatant command.”.(c) Increase in Number of Unified and Specified Combatant Command Positions for Reserve Component Officers.—Section 526(b)(2)(A) of such title is amended by striking “10 general and flag officer positions on the staffs of the commanders of” and inserting “15 general and flag officer positions in”.