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 117 STAT. 1460

PUBLIC LAW 108–136—NOV. 24, 2003

‘‘(B) in the case of an officer who has been ordered to or is serving on active duty in support of a contingency operation, by a vacancy promotion board convened under section 14101(a) of this title. ‘‘(2) An officer may not be considered for promotion under this subsection after the end of the two-year period beginning on the date on which the officer is ordered to active duty. ‘‘(3) An officer may not be considered for promotion under this subsection during a period when the operation of this section has been suspended by the President under section 123(a) of this title. ‘‘(4) Consideration of an officer for promotion under this subsection shall be under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned.’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 14315(a)(1) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘as determined by the Secretary concerned, is available’’ and inserting ‘‘under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, has been recommended’’. SEC. 513. AUTHORITY FOR DELEGATION OF REQUIRED SECRETARIAL SPECIAL FINDING FOR PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED MEMBERS IN READY RESERVE.

The last sentence of section 10145(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘The authority of the Secretary concerned under the preceding sentence may not be delegated— ‘‘(1) to a civilian officer or employee of the military department concerned below the level of Assistant Secretary; or ‘‘(2) to a member of the armed forces below the level of the lieutenant general or vice admiral in an armed force with responsibility for military personnel policy in that armed force.’’. SEC. 514. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE EXPENSES OF ARMY AND AIR STAFF PERSONNEL AND NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU PERSONNEL ATTENDING NATIONAL CONVENTIONS OF CERTAIN MILITARY ASSOCIATIONS.

32 USC 107 note.

(a) AUTHORITY.—Section 107(a)(2) of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘officers’’ and inserting ‘‘members’’; (2) by striking ‘‘Army General Staff’’ and inserting ‘‘Army Staff’’; and (3) by striking ‘‘the National Guard Association of the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States, the National Guard Association of the United States,’’. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to funds appropriated for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2004. SEC. 515. EXPANDED AUTHORITY FOR USE OF READY RESERVE IN RESPONSE TO TERRORISM.

Section 12304 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘catastrophic’’ and inserting ‘‘significant’’; and (2) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(3) No unit or member of a reserve component may be ordered to active duty under this section to provide assistance referred to in subsection (b) unless the President determines that the

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