MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY ON STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.

SEC. 504. MODIFICATION OF AUTHORITY ON STAFF JUDGE ADVOCATE TO THE COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.(a) Grade of Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.—Section 5046(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence and inserting the following new sentence: “The Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, while so serving, has the grade of major general.”.(b) Exclusion From General Officer Distribution Limitations.—Section 525(a) of such title, as amended by section 503, is further amended—(1) by inserting “(1)” after “(a)”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(2) An officer while serving in the position of Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps under section 5046 of this title is in addition to the number that would otherwise be permitted for the Marine Corps for officers in grades above brigadier general under the first sentence of paragraph (1).”.