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 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1733 regulations to carry out this section. The regulations shall specifically identify for purposes of subsection (b)(2) those categories of officers for which selection for promotion to brigadier general or, in the case of the Navy, rear adxoiral (lower half) is based primarily upon scientific and technical qualifications for which joint requirements do not exist. "(g) TRANSITION WVUVER AUTHORITIES. — (1)(A) Until January 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (a) in the case of an officer who served in an assignment (other than a joint duty assignment) that began before October 1, 1986, and that involved significant experience in joint matters (as determined by the Secretary) if the officer served in that assignment for a period of sufficient duration (which may not be less than 12 months) for the officer's service to have been considered a full tour of duty under the policies and regulations in effect on September 30, 1986. "(B) Of the total number of appointments to the grades of brigadier general and rear admiral (lower half) for officers on the active-duty lists of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps during each of the years 1995 through 1999, the number in any such year that are made using a waiver under subparagraph (A) may not exceed the applicable percentage of such total determined as follows: Applicable Tear: Percentage: 1995 20 1996 16 1997 10 1998 5. "(C) The provisions of subsections (c) and (e) apply to waivers under this paragraph in the same manner as to waivers under subsection (b). "(2) Until January 1, 1999, the Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (d) in the case of an officer granted a waiver of subsection (a) under the authority of subsection (b)(D. "(3)(A) An officer described in subparagraph (B) may not be appointed to the grade of lieutenant general or vice admiral until the officer completes a jfull tour of duty in a joint duty assignment. "(B) Subparagraph (A) applies to an officer— "(i) who is promoted afl»r January 1, 1994, to the grade of brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) and who receives a waiver of subsection (a) under the authority of paragraph (1) of this subsection; or "(ii) who receives a waiver of subsection (d) under the authority of paragraph (2) of this subsection. "(h) SPECIAL TRANSITION RULES FOR NUCLEAR PROPULSION OFFICERS. —(1) Until January 1, 1997, an officer of the Navy designated as a qualified nuclear propulsion officer may be appointed to the grade of rear admiral (lower half) without regard to subsection (a). An officer so appointed may not be appointed to the §rade of rear admiral until the officer completes a full tour of uty in a joint duty assignment. "(2) Not later than March 1 of each year from 1994 through Reports. 1997, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees * on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the implementetion during the preceding calendar year of the transition plan developed by the Secretary pursuant to section
 * (f) REGULATIONS. —The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe

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