NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY OUTPLACEMENT WAIVER.

SEC. 503. NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY OUTPLACEMENT WAIVER. (a) Waiver Authority for Officers Not Designated as Joint Qualified Officers.—Subsection (b) of section 663 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting after “to a joint duty assignment” the following: “(or, as authorized by the Secretary in an individual case, to a joint assignment other than a joint duty assignment)”; and (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) by striking “the joint duty assignment” and inserting “the assignment”; and (B) by striking “a joint duty assignment” and inserting “such an assignment”. (b) Exception.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Exception for Officers Graduating From Other-than-in-residence Programs. (1) Subsection (a) does not apply to an officer graduating from a school within the National Defense University specified in subsection (c) following pursuit of a program on an other-than-in-residence basis. “(2) Subsection (b) does not apply with respect to any group of officers graduating from a school within the National Defense University specified in subsection (c) following pursuit of a program on an other-than-in-residence basis.” .