TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM END STRENGTH GRADE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE SPACE FORCE.

SEC. 528. TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FROM END STRENGTH GRADE RESTRICTIONS FOR THE SPACE FORCE. (a) [10 U.S.C. 517 note] Exemption.—Sections 517 and 523 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to the Space Force until January 1, 2023. (b) Submittal.—Not later than April 1, 2022, the Secretary of the Air Force shall establish and submit to the Committees on Armed Services for the Senate and House of Representatives for inclusion in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023, the number of officers who— (1) may be serving on active duty in each of the grades of major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel; and (2) may not, as of the end of such fiscal year, exceed a number determined in accordance with section 523(a)(1) of such title.