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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 1735 (PAP) — 114 HR 1735 : National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 · Sec. 505

Sec. 505. Authority to defer until age 68 mandatory retirement for age of a general or flag officer serving as Chief or Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the Army, Navy, or Air Force

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Section 1253 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of the military department concerned may defer the retirement under subsection
(a)of an officer serving in a general or flag officer grade who is the Chief of Chaplains or Deputy Chief of Chaplains of that officer's armed force. Such a deferment may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the month in which the officer becomes 68 years of age. . The heading of such section is amended by striking and inserting exception . exceptions The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 63 of such title is amended in the item relating to section 1253 by striking exception and inserting exceptions .
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