[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 97 (Tuesday, June 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3854-S3855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2843. Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Ms. Warren, and Mr. Daines) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 
proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) to the bill H.R. 
5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Strike section 521 and insert the following:

     SEC. 521. AUTHORITY TO ADJUST EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROMOTION IN 
                   THE EVENT OF DELAY IN EXTENDING FEDERAL 
                   RECOGNITION OF PROMOTION.

       (a) Authority To Adjust.--
       (1) In general.--Section 14308(f) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``The effective date of 
     promotion''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(2) If the Secretary concerned determines that there was 
     a delay in extending Federal recognition in the next higher 
     grade in the Army National Guard or the Air National Guard to 
     a reserve commissioned officer of the Army or the Air Force, 
     and the delay was not attributable to the action (or 
     inaction) of such officer, the effective date of the 
     promotion concerned under paragraph (1) may be adjusted to a 
     date determined by the Secretary concerned, but not earlier 
     than the effective date of the State promotion.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Reports on Processes for Federal Recognition of 
     Promotion of Commissioned National Guard Officers.--
       (1) Review.--The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of 
     the Air Force shall each undertake a comprehensive review of 
     the policies and procedures of the Department of the Army and 
     the Department of the Air Force, as applicable, for the 
     Federal recognition promotions of commissioned officers of 
     the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, as the 
     case may be.
       (2) Reports required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
     and the Secretary of the Air Force shall each submit to

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     the congressional defense committees a report, in writing, 
     setting forth the results of the review required by paragraph 
     (1). Each report shall include the following:
       (A) A description of the average time between receipt by 
     the military department concerned of scrolls indicating the 
     promotion of commissioned officers in the National Guard and 
     their publication during the five-year period ending on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (B) A description and assessment of various approaches for 
     streamlining the process by which the military department 
     concerned approves Federal recognition scrolls, including 
     through--
       (i) additional automation;
       (ii) reduction in required steps; or
       (iii) delegation of authority to conduct required reviews.
       (C) If the Secretary concerned considers any approach under 
     subparagraph (B) feasible and advisable, such recommendations 
     for legislative or administration action as such Secretary 
     considers appropriate to implement such approach.
       (3) Scroll defined.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``scroll'' has the meaning given that term in Department of 
     Defense Instruction 1310.02.
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