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PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006 (B) The policies and criteria prescribed by the Secretary of Defense to be used in making determinations under section 661(c)(1)(B)(ii) of such title, as amended by this section. (C) The recommendations of the Secretary for any legislative changes that may be necessary to effectuate the joint officer management system.

SEC. 517. MODIFICATION OF PROMOTION POLICY OBJECTIVES FOR JOINT OFFICERS.

Section 662(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following new paragraph (2): ‘‘(2) officers who are serving in or have served in joint duty assignments are expected, as a group, to be promoted to the next higher grade at a rate not less than the rate for all officers of the same armed force in the same grade and competitive category.’’. SEC. 518. APPLICABILITY OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS LIMITED TO GRADUATES OF NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS.

(a) APPLICABILITY.—Section 663 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘a joint professional military education school’’ and inserting ‘‘a school within the National Defense University specified in subsection (c)’’; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘a joint professional military education school’’ and inserting ‘‘a school within the National Defense University specified in subsection (c)’’; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a joint professional military education school’’ and inserting ‘‘a school referred to in paragraph (1)’’. (b) COVERED SCHOOLS WITHIN NDU.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(c) COVERED SCHOOLS WITHIN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY.—For purposes of this section, a school within the National Defense University specified in this subsection is one of the following: ‘‘(1) The National War College. ‘‘(2) The Industrial College of the Armed Forces. ‘‘(3) The Joint Forces Staff College.’’. SEC. 519. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN DEFINITIONS RELATING TO JOINTNESS.

(a) DEFINITION OF JOINT MATTERS.—Subsection (a) of section 668 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(a) JOINT MATTERS.—(1) In this chapter, the term ‘joint matters’ means matters related to the achievement of unified action by multiple military forces in operations conducted across domains such as land, sea, or air, in space, or in the information environment, including matters relating to— ‘‘(A) national military strategy; ‘‘(B) strategic planning and contingency planning;

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