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 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1645 '"(b) The Secretary of a military department may, with respect to regular warrant officers of an armed force, when authorized to do so under subsection (a), convene selection boards under section 573(c) of this title to consider for discharge regular warrant officers on the warrant officer active-duty list— "(1) who have served at least one year of active duty in the grade currently held; "(2) whose names are not on a list of warrant officers recommended for promotion; and "(3) who are not eligible to be retired under any provision of law and are not within two years of becoming so eligible. ''(c)(1) In the case of an action under subsection (b), the Secretary of the military dep artment concerned may submit to a selection board convened pursuant to that subsection— "(A) the names of all regular warrant officers described in that subsection in a particular grade and competitive category; or "(B) the names of all regular warrant officers described in that subsection in a particular grade and competitive category who also are in particular year groups or specialties, or both, within that competitive category. "(2) The Secretary concerned shall specifv the total number of warrant officers to he recommended for discharge by a selection board convened pursuant to subsection (b). That number may not be more than 30 percent of the number of officers considered— "(A) in each grade in each competitive category; or "(B) in each grade, year group, or specialty (or combination thereof) in each competitive category. "(3) The total number of regular warrant officers described in subsection (b) from any of the armed forces (or from any of the armed forces in a particular grade) who may be recommended during a fiscal year for discharge by a selection board convened pursuant to the authority of that subsection may not exceed 70 percent of the decrease, as compared to the preceding fiscal year, m the nvimber of warrant officers of that armed force (or the number of warrant officers of that armed force in that grade) authorized to be serving on active duty as of the end of that fiscal year. "(4) A warrant officer who is recommended for discharge by a selection board convened pursuant to subsection (b) and whose discharge is approved by the Secretary concerned shall be discharged on a date specified by the Secretary concerned. ''(5) Selection of warrant officers for discharge under this subsection shall be based on the needs of the service. "(d) The discharge of any warrant officer pursuant to this section shall be considered involimtary for purposes of any other provision of law. ". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT. —The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 580 the following new item: "SSOa. Enhanced authority for selective early discharges.". SEC. 505. DETERMINATION OF SERVICE FOR WARRANT OFFICER RETIREMENT SANCTUARY. (a) EQUITY WITH OTHER MEMBERS. — Section 580(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

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