Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2211

 120 STAT. 2180

PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

SEC. 507. GRADE AND EXCLUSION FROM ACTIVE-DUTY GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICER DISTRIBUTION AND STRENGTH LIMITATIONS OF OFFICER SERVING AS ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO THE CONGRESS.

(a) GRADE.— (1) REGULAR OFFICER.—(A) Chapter 41 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ‘‘§ 722. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade ‘‘A general officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of major general. A flag officer serving as Attending Physician to the Congress, while so serving, holds the grade of rear admiral.’’. (B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ‘‘722. Attending Physician to the Congress: grade.’’.

(2) RESERVE OFFICER.—(A) Section 12210 of such title is amended by striking ‘‘who holds’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘holds the reserve grade of major general or rear admiral, as appropriate.’’. (B) The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 12210. Attending Physician to the Congress: reserve grade’’. (C) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 1205 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 12210 and inserting the following new item: ‘‘12210. Attending Physician to the Congress: reserve grade.’’.

(b) DISTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.—Section 525 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) An officer while serving as Attending Physician to the Congress is in addition to the number that would otherwise be permitted for that officer’s armed force for officers serving on active duty in grades above brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half) under subsection (a).’’. (c) ACTIVE-DUTY STRENGTH LIMITATIONS.—Section 526 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(f) EXCLUSION OF ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO THE CONGRESS.— The limitations of this section do not apply to the general or flag officer who is serving as Attending Physician to the Congress.’’. SEC. 508. MODIFICATION OF QUALIFICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL.

Subsection (a) of section 7042 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(a)(1) The President of the Naval Postgraduate School shall be one of the following: ‘‘(A) An active-duty officer of the Navy or Marine Corps in a grade not below the grade of captain, or colonel, respectively, who is assigned or detailed to such position. ‘‘(B) A civilian individual, including an individual who was retired from the Navy or Marine Corps in a grade not below captain, or colonel, respectively, who has the qualifications

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