[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3456 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3456

 To provide a retroactive effective date for the promotions of senior 
officers of the Armed Forces whose military promotions were delayed as 
 a result of the suspension of Senate confirmation of such promotions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 7, 2023

Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Manchin, Mr. King, Ms. 
Ernst, Mr. Tuberville, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. Blumenthal)) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                           on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide a retroactive effective date for the promotions of senior 
officers of the Armed Forces whose military promotions were delayed as 
 a result of the suspension of Senate confirmation of such promotions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Military Personnel Confirmation 
Restoration Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    Congress holds the men and women who defend the United States in 
the highest esteem.

SEC. 3. RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTIONS OF SENIOR OFFICERS OF 
              ARMED FORCES THAT WERE DELAYED AS A RESULT OF SUSPENSION 
              OF SENATE CONFIRMATION.

    (a) In General.--In the case of an individual confirmed, during the 
period beginning on December 5, 2023 and ending on December 31, 2023, 
to a grade or rank in the Armed Forces associated with pay grade O-7 or 
higher and whose confirmation was delayed as a result of the suspension 
of the provision of advice and consent by the Senate to appointments to 
such grades and ranks that began in February 2023--
            (1) the Secretary of Defense shall provide the individual, 
        retroactive to the date described in subsection (b)--
                    (A) pay and allowances at the rates or in the 
                amounts payable for the pay grade associated with the 
                appointment of the individual; and
                    (B) the benefits to which an individual in the 
                grade or rank associated with the appointment is 
                entitled;
            (2) the date described in subsection (b) shall be the date 
        used for determining the seniority of the individual in the 
        grade or rank associated with the appointment; and
            (3) any restriction under any provision of statute or 
        regulation relating to personnel actions that would 
        detrimentally affect the individual as a result of such 
        suspension of the provision of advice and consent is waived.
    (b) Date Described.--The date described in this subsection is, with 
respect to an individual described in subsection (a), the date that is 
30 days after the date on which the appointment of the individual was 
placed on the Executive Calendar of the Senate.
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