CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER FOR A VACANCY PROMOTION NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION.

SEC. 513. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER FOR A VACANCY PROMOTION NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF A CONTINGENCY OPERATION.(a) Additional Exception.—Subsection (d) of section 14317 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1) in the first sentence—(A) by striking “Except” and inserting “(1) Except”;(B) by striking “unless the officer is ordered” and inserting “unless the officer—“(A) is ordered”;(C) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and(D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(B) has been ordered to or is serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation.”; and(2) in the second sentence, by striking “If” and inserting the following:“(2) If”.(b) Consideration for Promotion by Examination for Federal Recognition.—Subsection (e)(1)(B) of such section is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, or by examination for Federal recognition under title 32”.