[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5828]
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  SA 6332. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 508. 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 ``who was added to the 
     retired list before the date of the enactment of the William 
     M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021'' and inserting ``who, on the date of the 
     enactment of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, was serving and older 
     than 62 years of age''.
       (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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