106 STAT. 2476 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 (c) REPORT.— Not later than April 15, 1993, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report containing— (1) the results of the study required by subsection (a) and a plan to implement its findings; and (2) any recommendations for legislative changes that the Secretary proposes in order to provide the Secretary with authority to grant a waiver, in the case of an assignment that is determined to provide an officer with significant experience in joint matters, to the exclusion by law of consideration as a joint duty assignment of any assignment within an officer's own military department. 10 USC 664 note. SEC. 933. JOINT DUTY CREDIT FOR CERTAIN DUTY PERFORMED DUR- ING OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM. (a) AUTHORITY TO GIVE JOINT DUTY CREDIT.— (1) The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may give an officer who has completed service described in paragraph (2) credit for having completed a full tour of duty in a joint duty assignment, or credit countable for determining cumulative service in joint duty assignments, for the purposes of chapter 38 of title 10, United States Code, notwithstanding the length of such service or whether that service is within the definition of "joint duty assignment" in section 668 of title 10, United States Code. (2) Service referred to in paragraph (1) is service performed by an officer, any portion of which took place during the period beginning on August 2, 1990, and ending on February 28, 1991, in an assignment in the Persian Gulf combat zone that (as determined by the Secretary of Defense) provided significant experience in joint matters. (3) The Secretary, after consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, may give credit for service in a joint duty assignment under paragraph (1) in the case of an officer recommended for such credit by the Chief of Staff of the Army (for officers in the Army), the Chief of Naval Operations (for officers in the Navy), the Chief of StafiF of the Air Force (for officers in the Air Force), and the Commandant of the Marine Corps (for officers in the Marine Corps). Any such credit shall be granted by the Secretary on a case-by-case basis. (4) The Secretary of Defense shall establish uniform criteria for defining the standards to be used in determining whether to give an officer credit for service in a joint duty assignment under paragraph (1). Such criteria shall be consistent with the congressional declarations of policy in section 2 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 401) and section 3 of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (10 U.S.C. Ill note). The criteria shall include standards to be used in determining whether to give an officer credit for completion of a full tour of duty, or credit countable for determining cumulative service, in a joint duty assignment. Such criteria may not result in the extension of eligibility for joint duty credit under this section to all officers in a specified category of officers that exists other than for reasons of this section. (b) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN REPORTING AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS. —(1) Officers for whom joint duty credit is granted pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be counted for the purposes
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