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 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2189

Secretary to grant such a waiver may be delegated only to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ‘‘(4) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, of those joint duty assignment positions that are filled by general or flag officers, a substantial portion are among those positions that are designated under paragraph (2) as critical joint duty assignment positions.’’. (c) CAREER GUIDELINES.—Subsection (e) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘officers with the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘officers to achieve joint qualification and for officers who have been designated as joint qualified’’. (d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT REGARDING TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SERVICE.—Subsection (f) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘section 619(e)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 619a’’. (e) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 661. Management policies for officers who are joint qualified’’. (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 38 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to section 661 and inserting the following new item: ‘‘661. Management policies for officers who are joint qualified.’’.

(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007. (g) TREATMENT OF CURRENT JOINT SPECIALTY OFFICERS.—For the purposes of chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code, and sections 154, 164, and 619a of such title, an officer who, as of September 30, 2007, has been selected for or has the joint specialty under section 661 of such title, as in effect on that date, shall be considered after that date to be an officer designated as joint qualified by the Secretary of Defense under section 661(b)(2) of such title, as amended by this section. (h) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— (1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than March 31, 2007, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a plan for the implementation of the joint officer management system, which will take effect on October 1, 2007, as provided in subsection (f), as a result of the amendments made by this section and other provisions of this Act to provisions of chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code. (2) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—In developing the plan required by this subsection, the Secretary shall pay particular attention to matters related to the transition of officers from the joint specialty system in effect before October 1, 2007, to the joint officer management system in effect after that date. At a minimum, the plan shall include the following: (A) The policies and criteria to be used for designating officers as joint qualified on the basis of service performed by such officers before that date, had the amendments made by this section and other provisions of this Act to provisions of chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code, taken effect before the date of the enactment of this Act.

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