AUTHORITY TO RETAIN RESERVE CHAPLAINS AND OFFICERS IN MEDICAL AND RELATED SPECIALTIES UNTIL AGE 68.

SEC. 516. AUTHORITY TO RETAIN RESERVE CHAPLAINS AND OFFICERS IN MEDICAL AND RELATED SPECIALTIES UNTIL AGE 68.(a) Reserve Chaplains and Medical Officers.—Section 14703(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “67 years” and inserting “68 years”.(b) National Guard Chaplains and Medical Officers.—Section 324 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:“(c) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1), an officer of the National Guard serving as a chaplain, medical officer, dental officer, nurse, veterinarian, Medical Service Corps officer, or biomedical sciences officer may be retained, with the officer’s consent, until the date on which the officer becomes 68 years of age.”.