12 2 STA T .4 44 5PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 41 7—O CT. 14 , 200 8andi n sert in g‘ ‘as a jo int qu a l i f ied offi c erorinsuc h other m anner as the S ecretar y of D efense directs ’ ’ .(2) S ECTIONH E AD IN G . —T he heading of such section is amended to read as follo w s
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‘ §6 6 1.Man a gem en tpolic ie sf o rj oint qu alifie d officers ’ ’. ( 3 )TA BL EO FS ECTIONS.—The ta b le of sections at the begin - ning of cha p ter 3 8 of such title is amended by stri k ing the item related to section 6 6 1 and inserting the following new item: ‘ ‘ 6 6 1.Man a gem en tpolic ie sf o rj oint qu alifie d officers. ’ ’. (b) J OINT D U T YA SSIGN M ENTS AFTE RC OM P LETION OF JOINT P ROFESSIONAL M ILITARY E DUCATION.—Section 663 of such title is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in the subsection heading , by striking ‘‘JOINT SPE- CIALTY’’ and inserting ‘‘JOINT Q UALIFIED’’
and ( B ) by striking ‘‘with the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘designated as a joint qualified officer’’; and (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘do not ha v e the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘are not designated as a joint qualified officer’’. (c) PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING CAREERS OF JOINT QUALIFIED O FFICERS.— (1) I N GENERAL.—Section 66 5 of such title is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘with the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘designated as a joint qualified officer’’; and (B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘with the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘designated as a joint qualified officer’’. (2) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such section is amended to read as follows: ‘‘§ 66 5 . P rocedures for monitoring careers of joint qualified officers’’. (3) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections at the begin- ning of chapter 38 of such title is amended by striking the item related to section 665 and inserting the following new item: ‘‘66 5 . P rocedures for monitoring careers of joint qualified officers.’’. (d) JOINT SPECIALTY TERMINOLOGY IN ANNUAL R EPORT.—Sec- tion 66 7 of such title is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘selected for the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘designated as a joint quali- fied officer’’; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘selection for the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘designation as a joint quali- fied officer,’’; (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘with the joint specialty’’ and inserting ‘‘designated as a joint qualified officer’’; (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘selected for the joint specialty’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘designated as a joint qualified officer’’;
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