[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7502]
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  SA 4019. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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:

       At the end of subtitle A of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 503. EXTENSION OF TRANSITION PERIOD RELATING TO 
                   MODIFICATIONS TO RULES FOR RETIREMENT OR 
                   SEPARATION FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS WHO REACH 
                   62 YEARS OF AGE.

       (a) In General.--Section 1251(e)(2) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``the date of the 
     enactment of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021'' and inserting 
     ``December 31, 2022''.
       (b) Retroactive Effect.--
       (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes 
     effect on January 1, 2021, as if included in the enactment of 
     the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283).
       (2) Treatment of separations between january 1, 2021, and 
     date of enactment.--A commissioned officer who is separated 
     under paragraph (1) of section 1251(e) of title 10, United 
     States Code, on or after January 1, 2021, and before the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and who qualifies under 
     paragraph (2) of that section, as amended by subsection (a), 
     for retirement and retired pay, shall be--
       (A) transferred to retired status; and
       (B) paid retired pay computed under section 1401 of title 
     10, United States Code, for each month that begins after the 
     date of separation.
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