AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AN HONORARY AND POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD COLE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (RET.), TO THE GRADE OF COLONEL.

SEC. 599B. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE AN HONORARY AND POSTHUMOUS PROMOTION TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL RICHARD COLE, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (RET.), TO THE GRADE OF COLONEL. (a) In General.—Pursuant to section 1563 of title 10, United States Code, the President may issue to Lieutenant Colonel Richard E. Cole, United States Air Force (retired), an honorary and posthumous promotion to the grade of colonel. (b) Additional Benefits Not to Accrue.—The advancement of Richard E. Cole on the retired list of the Air Force under subsection (a) shall not affect the retired pay or other benefits from the United States to which Richard E. Cole would have been entitled based upon his military service, or affect any benefits to which any other person is or may become entitled based on such military service.