TECHNICAL, CONFORMING, AND CLERICAL CHANGES TO JOINT SPECIALTY TERMINOLOGY.

SEC. 522. TECHNICAL, CONFORMING, AND CLERICAL CHANGES TO JOINT SPECIALTY TERMINOLOGY.(a) Reference to Joint Qualified Officer.—(1) In general.—Subsection (a) of section 661 of title 10, United States Code, is amended in the second sentence by striking “in such manner as the Secretary of Defense directs” 122 STAT. 4445 and inserting “as a joint qualified officer or in such other manner as the Secretary of Defense directs”.(2) Section heading.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:“§ 661. Management policies for joint qualified officers” .(3) Table of sections.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 38 of such title is amended by striking the item related to section 661 and inserting the following new item: “661. Management policies for joint qualified officers.”. (b) Joint Duty Assignments After Completion of Joint Professional Military Education.—Section 663 of such title is amended—(1) in subsection (a)—(A) in the subsection heading, by striking “Joint Specialty” and inserting “Joint Qualified”; and(B) by striking “with the joint specialty” and inserting “designated as a joint qualified officer”; and(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “do not have the joint specialty” and inserting “are not designated as a joint qualified officer”.(c) Procedures for Monitoring Careers of Joint Qualified Officers.—(1) In general.—Section 665 of such title is amended—(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking “with the joint specialty” and inserting “designated as a joint qualified officer”; and(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “with the joint specialty” and inserting “designated as a joint qualified officer”.(2) Section heading.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows:“§ 665. Procedures for monitoring careers of joint qualified officers” .(3) Table of sections.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 38 of such title is amended by striking the item related to section 665 and inserting the following new item: “665. Procedures for monitoring careers of joint qualified officers.”. (d) Joint Specialty Terminology in Annual Report.—Section 667 of such title is amended—(1) in paragraph (1)—(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “selected for the joint specialty” and inserting “designated as a joint qualified officer”; and(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking “selection for the joint specialty” and inserting “designation as a joint qualified officer,”;(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “with the joint specialty” and inserting “designated as a joint qualified officer”;(3) in paragraph (3), by striking “selected for the joint specialty” each place it appears and inserting “designated as a joint qualified officer”;122 STAT. 4446(4) in paragraph (4)—(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “selected for the joint specialty” and inserting “designated as a joint qualified officer”; and(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:“(B) a comparison of the number of officers who were designated as a joint qualified officer who had served in a Joint Duty Assignment List billet and completed Joint Professional Military Education Phase II, with the number designated as a joint qualified officer based on their aggregated joint experiences and completion of Joint Professional Military Education Phase II.”;(5) by striking paragraphs (5) through (10), (13), and (16), and redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), (14), (15), (17), and (18) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), (12), and (13), respectively;(6) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraphs:“(5) The promotion rate for officers designated as a joint qualified officer, compared with the promotion rate for other officers considered for promotion from within the promotion zone in the same pay grade and the same competitive category. A similar comparison will be made for officers both below the promotion zone and above the promotion zone.“(6) An analysis of assignments of officers after their designation as a joint qualified officer.”; and(7) by inserting after paragraph (10), as redesignated by paragraph (5) of this subsection, the following new paragraph (11):“(11) The number of officers in the grade of captain (or in the case of the Navy, lieutenant) and above certified at each level of joint qualification as established in regulation and policy by the Secretary of Defense with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Such numbers shall be reported by service and grade of the officer.”.