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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 4435 (Introduced in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 503

Sec. 503. Authority for three-month deferral of retirement for officers selected for selective early retirement

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Section 581(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by striking 90 days and inserting three months ; and by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence: An officer recommended for early retirement under this section, if approved for deferral, shall be retired on the date requested by the officer, and approved by the Secretary concerned, which date shall be not later than the first day of the tenth calendar month beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned approves the report of the board which recommended the officer for early retirement. .
Section 638(b) of such title is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end of subparagraph
(B)the following: , with such retirement under that section to be not later than the first day of the month beginning after the month in which the officer becomes qualified for retirement under that section, or on the first day of the seventh calendar month beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned approves the report of the board which recommended the officer for early retirement, whichever is later ; and in paragraph (3)— by striking 90 days and inserting three months ; and by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentences: An officer recommended for early retirement under subparagraph (b)(1)(A) or under section 638a of this title, if approved for deferral, shall be retired on the date requested by the officer, and approved by the Secretary concerned, which date shall be not later than the first day of the tenth calendar month beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned approves the report of the board which recommended the officer for early retirement. The Secretary concerned may defer the retirement of an officer otherwise approved for early retirement under subparagraph (b)(1)(B), but in no case later than the first day of the tenth calendar month beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned approves the report of the board which recommended the officer for early retirement. An officer recommended for early retirement under subparagraph (b)(2), if approved for deferral, shall be retired on the date requested by the officer, and approved by the Secretary concerned, which date shall be not later than the first day of the thirteenth calendar month beginning after the month in which the Secretary concerned approves the report of the board which recommended the officer for early retirement. .
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