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 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2187

(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to any promotion list approved by the President after January 1, 2007.

PART III—JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS SEC. 516. MODIFICATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF GENERAL AUTHORITIES ON MANAGEMENT OF OFFICERS WHO ARE JOINT QUALIFIED.

(a) REDESIGNATION OF APPLICABILITY OF POLICIES TOWARD JOINT QUALIFICATION.—Subsection (a) of section 661 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the last sentence. (b) REVISION TO GENERAL AUTHORITIES.—Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of such section are amended to read as follows: ‘‘(b) LEVELS, DESIGNATION, AND NUMBERS.—(1)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall establish different levels of joint qualification, as well as the criteria for qualification at each level. Such levels of joint qualification shall be established by the Secretary with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Each level shall, as a minimum, have both joint education criteria and joint experience criteria. The purpose of establishing such qualification levels is to ensure a systematic, progressive, career-long development of officers in joint matters and to ensure that officers serving as general and flag officers have the requisite experience and education to be highly proficient in joint matters. ‘‘(B) The number of officers who are joint qualified shall be determined by the Secretary of Defense, with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Such number shall be large enough to meet the requirements of subsection (d). ‘‘(2) Certain officers shall be designated as joint qualified by the Secretary of Defense with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ‘‘(3) An officer may be designated as joint qualified under paragraph (2) only if the officer— ‘‘(A) meets the education and experience criteria of subsection (c); ‘‘(B) meets such additional criteria as prescribed by the Secretary of Defense; and ‘‘(C) holds the grade of captain or, in the case of the Navy, lieutenant or a higher grade. ‘‘(4) The authority of the Secretary of Defense under paragraph (2) to designate officers as joint qualified may be delegated only to the Deputy Secretary of Defense or an Under Secretary of Defense. ‘‘(c) EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS.—(1) An officer may not be designated as joint qualified until the officer— ‘‘(A) successfully completes an appropriate program of joint professional military education, as described in subsections (b) and (c) of section 2155 of this title, at a joint professional military education school; and ‘‘(B) successfully completes— ‘‘(i) a full tour of duty in a joint assignment, as described in section 664(f) of this title; or ‘‘(ii) such other assignments and experiences in a manner that demonstrate the officer’s mastery of knowledge, skills, and abilities in joint matters, as determined

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