Sec. 549. Pilot programs on military justice career track for judge advocates
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Each Secretary of each military department shall carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of a military justice career track for judge advocates in the Armed Forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary. Each pilot program under this section shall be for a period of five years. Each pilot program under this section shall include the following: A military justice career track for judge advocates that leads to judge advocates with military justice expertise in the grade of colonel, or in the grade of captain in the case of judge advocates of the Navy, to prosecute and defend complex cases in military courts-martial.
The use of the suspension of limitations on the number of certain commissioned officers on active duty under section 523(a) of title 10, United States Code, by reason of paragraph
(4)of that section (as added by section 503 of this Act), to increase the number of authorized commissioned officers in pay grades O–4 through O–6 in order to accommodate the increased numbers of judge advocates in such grades required in connection with the pilot program. The use of skill identifiers to identify judge advocates for participation in the pilot program from among judge advocates having appropriate skill and experience in military justice matters. Guidance for promotion boards considering the selection for promotion of officers participating in the pilot program in order to ensure that judge advocates who are participating in the pilot program have the same opportunity for promotion as all other judge advocate officers being considered for promotion by such boards. Such other matters as the Secretary of the military department concerned considers appropriate. Not later than four years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the pilot programs under this section. The report shall include the following: A description and assessment of each pilot program. Such recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate in light of the pilot programs, including whether any pilot program should be extended or made permanent.