REDUCTION OF TENURE ON THE TEMPORARY DISABILITY RETIRED LIST.

SEC. 525. REDUCTION OF TENURE ON THE TEMPORARY DISABILITY RETIRED LIST. (a) Reduction of Tenure.—Section 1210 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b), by striking “five years” and inserting “three years”; and (2) in subsection (h), by striking “five years” and inserting “three years”. (b) [10 U.S.C. 1210 note] Applicability.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2017, and shall apply to members of the Armed Forces whose names are placed on the temporary disability retired list on or after that date.