Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/2222

 PUBLIC LAW 109–364—OCT. 17, 2006

120 STAT. 2191

‘‘(C) command and control of operations under unified command; ‘‘(D) national security planning with other departments and agencies of the United States; and ‘‘(E) combined operations with military forces of allied nations. ‘‘(2) In the context of joint matters, the term ‘multiple military forces’ refers to forces that involve participants from the armed forces and one or more of the following: ‘‘(A) Other departments and agencies of the United States. ‘‘(B) The military forces or agencies of other countries. ‘‘(C) Non-governmental persons or entities.’’. (b) DEFINITION OF JOINT DUTY ASSIGNMENT.—Paragraph (1) of subsection (b) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘That definition shall’’ and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘That definition— ‘‘(A) shall be limited to assignments in which the officer gains significant experience in joint matters; and ‘‘(B) shall exclude assignments for joint training and education, except an assignment as an instructor responsible for preparing and presenting courses in areas of the curricula designated in section 2155(c) of this title as part of a program designated by the Secretary of Defense as joint professional military education Phase II.’’. (c) DEFINITION OF CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY.—Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(d) CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY.—(1) In this chapter, the term ‘critical occupational specialty’ means a military occupational specialty involving combat operations within the combat arms, in the case of the Army, or the equivalent arms, in the case of the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, that the Secretary of Defense designates as critical. ‘‘(2) At a minimum, the Secretary of Defense shall designate as a critical occupational specialty under paragraph (1) any military occupational specialty within a combat arms (or the equivalent) that is experiencing a severe shortage of trained officers in that specialty, as determined by the Secretary.’’. (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) INITIAL ASSIGNMENT OF OFFICERS WITH CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES.—Section 664(c) of such title is amended— (A) in the matter before paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section 661(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 661(c)(1)(B)’’; (B) by striking paragraph (1); (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1) and, in such paragraph, by striking ‘‘section 661(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 668(d)’’; and (D) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). (2) ANNUAL REPORT ON NUMBER OF OFFICERS WITH CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES.—Section 667(3) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘section 661(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 668(d)’’. (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2007.

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