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 PUBLIC LAW 107-107—DEC. 28, 2001 115 STAT. 1097 Subtitle C—Joint Specialty Officers and Joint Professional Military Education SEC. 521. NOMINATIONS AND PROMOTIONS FOR JOINT SPECIALTY OFFICERS. (a) SELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR THE JOINT SPECIALITY. —Paragraph (2) of section 661(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "The Secretaries" and all that follows through "officers—" and inserting "Each officer on the active-duty list on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 who has not before that date been nominated for the joint specialty by the Secretary of a military department, and each officer who is placed on the active-duty list after such date, who meets the requirements of subsection (c) shall automatically be considered to have been nominated for the joint specialty. From among those officers considered to be nominated for the joint specialty, the Secretary may select for the joint specialty only officers—". (b) PROMOTION RATE FOR OFFICERS WITH THE JOINT SPE- CIALTY.— -Paragraph (2) of section 662(a) of such title is amended by striking "promoted at a rate" and inserting "promoted— "(A) during the three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002, at a rate not less than the rate for officers of the same armed force in the same grade and competitive category; and "(B) after the end of the period specified in subparagraph (A), at a rate". SEC. 522. JOINT DUTY CREDIT. Paragraph (4) of section 664(i) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking "The" and inserting "Except as provided in subparagraph (F), the"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(F) Service in a temporary joint task force assignment not involved in combat or combat-related operations may not be credited for the purposes of joint duty, unless, and only if— "(i) the service of the officer and the nature of the joint task force not only meet all criteria of this section, except subparagraph (E), but also any additional criteria the Secretary may establish; "(ii) the Secretary has specifically approved the operation conducted by the joint task force as one that qualifies for joint service credit, and notifies Congress upon each approval, providing the criteria that led to that approval; and "(iii) the operation is conducted by the joint task force in an environment where an extremely fragile state of peace and high potential for hostilities coexist.". SEC. 523. RETROACTIVE JOINT SERVICE CREDIT FOR DUTY IN CER- 10 USC 664 note. TAIN JOINT TASK FORCES. (a) AUTHORITY.—In accordance with section 664(i) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 522, the Secretary

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