MODIFICATION OF PROMOTION BOARD PROCEDURES FOR JOINT QUALIFIED OFFICERS AND OFFICERS WITH JOINT STAFF EXPERIENCE.

SEC. 522. MODIFICATION OF PROMOTION BOARD PROCEDURES FOR JOINT QUALIFIED OFFICERS AND OFFICERS WITH JOINT STAFF EXPERIENCE.(a) Board Composition.—Subsection (c) of section 612 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:“(c)(1) Each selection board convened under section 611(a) of this title that will consider an officer described in paragraph (2) shall include at least one officer designated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who is a joint qualified officer.“(2) Paragraph (1) applies with respect to an officer who—“(A) is serving on, or has served on, the Joint Staff; or“(B) is a joint qualified officer.“(3) The Secretary of Defense may waive the requirement in paragraph (1) in the case of—“(A) any selection board of the Marine Corps; or124 STAT. 4215“(B) any selection board that is considering officers in specialties identified in paragraph (2) or (3) of section 619a(b) of this title.”.(b) Information Furnished to Selection Boards.—Section 615 of such title is amended in subsections (b)(5) and (c) by striking “in joint duty assignments of officers who are serving, or have served, in such assignments” and inserting “of officers who are serving on, or have served on, the Joint Staff or are joint qualified officers”.(c) Action on Report of Selection Boards.—Section 618(b) of such title is amended—(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “are serving, or have served, in joint duty assignments” and inserting “are serving on, or have served on, the Joint Staff or are joint qualified officers”;(2) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), by striking “in joint duty assignments of officers who are serving, or have served, in such assignments” and inserting “of officers who are serving on, or have served on, the Joint Staff or are joint qualified officers”; and(3) in paragraph (4), by striking “in joint duty assignments” and inserting “who are serving on, or have served on, the Joint Staff or are joint qualified officers”.