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 119 STAT. 3230

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

‘‘§ 6970. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for deferral ‘‘(a) RETIREMENT FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.—(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps serving as a permanent professor at the Naval Academy in the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 28 years of active commissioned service. ‘‘(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), an officer of the Navy or Marine Corps serving as a permanent professor at the Naval Academy in the grade of captain or colonel who is not on a list of officers recommended for promotion to the grade of rear admiral (lower half) or brigadier general, as the case may be, shall, if not earlier retired, be retired on the first day of the month after the month in which the officer completes 30 years of active commissioned service. ‘‘(b) CONTINUATION ON ACTIVE DUTY.—(1) An officer subject to retirement under subsection (a) may have his retirement deferred and be continued on active duty by the Secretary of the Navy. ‘‘(2) Subject to section 1252 of this title, the Secretary of the Navy shall determine the period of any continuation on active duty under this section. ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY FOR PROMOTION.—A permanent professor at the Naval Academy in the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel who is continued on active duty as a permanent professor under subsection (b) remains eligible for consideration for promotion to the grade of captain or colonel, as the case may be. ‘‘(d) RETIRED GRADE AND RETIRED PAY.—Each officer retired under this section— ‘‘(1) unless otherwise entitled to a higher grade, shall be retired in the grade determined under section 1370 of this title; and ‘‘(2) is entitled to retired pay computed under section 6333 of this title.’’. (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 6969 the following new item: ‘‘6970. Permanent professors: retirement for years of service; authority for deferral.’’. (c) MANDATORY RETIREMENT AT AGE 64.— (1) REORGANIZATION AND STANDARDIZATION.—Chapter 63

of such title is amended by inserting after section 1251 the following new section: ‘‘§ 1252. Age 64: permanent professors at academies ‘‘(a) MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR AGE.—Unless retired or separated earlier, each regular commissioned officer of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps covered by subsection (b) shall be retired on the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 64 years of age. ‘‘(b) COVERED OFFICERS.—This section applies to the following officers: ‘‘(1) An officer who is a permanent professor or the director of admissions of the United States Military Academy.

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