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[CITE: 10USC667]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle A--General Military Law
 
                           PART II--PERSONNEL
 
                  CHAPTER 38--JOINT OFFICER MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 667. Annual report to Congress

    The Secretary of Defense shall include in the annual report of the 
Secretary to Congress under section 113(c) of this title, for the period 
covered by the report, the following information (which shall be shown 
for the Department of Defense as a whole and separately for the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps):
        (1) The number of officers selected for the joint specialty and 
    their education and experience.
        (2) The military occupational specialties within each of the 
    armed forces that have been designated as critical occupational 
    specialties under section 661(c)(2) of this title, separately 
    identifying those specialties for which there is a severe shortage 
    of trained officers, together with an explanation of how those 
    specialties meet the criteria for that designation in section 
    661(c)(2)(B) of this title.
        (3) The number of officers on the active-duty list with a 
    military occupational specialty designated under section 661(c)(2) 
    of this title as a critical occupational specialty who--
            (A) have been nominated for the joint specialty;
            (B) have been nominated for the joint specialty and are 
        serving in a joint duty assignment;
            (C) have completed a joint duty assignment and are attending 
        an appropriate program at a joint professional military 
        education school;
            (D) have completed an appropriate program at a joint 
        professional military education school;
            (E) have been selected for the joint specialty; and
            (F) have served, or are serving in, a second joint duty 
        assignment after being selected for the joint specialty, with 
        the number of such officers who have served, or are serving, in 
        a critical joint duty assignment shown separately for general 
        and flag officers, and for all other officers.

        (4) For each fiscal year--
            (A) the number of officers nominated for the joint specialty 
        and, of those, the number who have a military occupational 
        specialty designated as a critical occupational specialty; and
            (B) a comparison of the number of officers who have the 
        joint specialty who qualified for the joint specialty under 
        section 661(c)(1) of this title with the number of officers who 
        have the joint specialty who were selected for the joint 
        specialty under section 661(c)(2) of this title.

        (5) The promotion rate for officers considered for promotion 
    from within the promotion zone who are serving on the Joint Staff 
    compared with the promotion rate for other officers considered for 
    promotion from within the promotion zone in the same pay grade and 
    the same competitive category, shown for all officers of the armed 
    force and for officers serving on the headquarters staff of the 
    armed force concerned.
        (6) The promotion rate for officers with the joint specialty, 
    compared in the same manner as specified in paragraph (5).
        (7) The promotion rate for other officers who are serving in 
    joint duty assignments, compared in the same manner as specified in 
    paragraph (5).
        (8) The promotion rate for officers considered for promotion 
    from below the promotion zone, shown for officers serving on the 
    Joint Staff, officers with the joint specialty, and other officers 
    serving in joint duty assignments, compared in the same manner as 
    specified in paragraph (5).
        (9) The promotion rate for officers considered for promotion 
    from above the promotion zone, shown for officers serving on the 
    Joint Staff, officers with the joint specialty, and other officers 
    serving in joint duty assignments, compared in the same manner as 
    specified in paragraph (5).
        (10) An analysis of assignments of officers after selection for 
    the joint specialty.
        (11) The average length of tours of duty in joint duty 
    assignments--
            (A) for general and flag officers, shown separately for 
        assignments to the Joint Staff and other joint duty assignments; 
        and
            (B) for other officers, shown separately for assignments to 
        the Joint Staff and other joint duty assignments.

        (12) The number of times, in the case of each category of 
    exclusion, that service in a joint duty assignment was excluded in 
    computing the average length of joint duty assignments.
        (13) In any case in which the information under paragraphs (5) 
    through (9) shows a significant imbalance between officers serving 
    in joint duty assignments or having the joint specialty and other 
    officers, a description of what action has been taken (or is planned 
    to be taken) by the Secretary to correct the imbalance.
        (14) An analysis of the extent to which the Secretary of each 
    military department is providing officers to fill that department's 
    share (as determined by law or by the Secretary of Defense) of Joint 
    Staff and other joint duty assignments, including the reason for any 
    significant failure by a military department to fill its share of 
    such positions and a discussion of the actions being taken to 
    correct the shortfall.
        (15) The number of times a waiver authority was exercised under 
    this chapter (or under any other provision of law which permits the 
    waiver of any requirement relating to joint duty assignments) and in 
    the case of each such authority--
            (A) whether the authority was exercised for a general or 
        flag officer;
            (B) an analysis of the reasons for exercising the authority; 
        and
            (C) the number of times in which action was taken without 
        exercise of the waiver authority compared with the number of 
        times waiver authority was exercised (in the case of each waiver 
        authority under this chapter or under any other provision of law 
        which permits the waiver of any requirement relating to joint 
        duty assignments).

        (16) The number of officers granted credit for service in joint 
    duty assignments under section 664(i) of this title and--
            (A) of those officers--
                (i) the number of officers credited with having 
            completed a tour of duty in a joint duty assignment; and
                (ii) the number of officers granted credit for purposes 
            of determining cumulative service in joint duty assignments; 
            and

            (B) the identity of each operation for which an officer has 
        been granted credit pursuant to section 664(i) of this title and 
        a brief description of the mission of the operation.

        (17) With regard to each time the principal course of 
    instruction at the Joint Forces Staff College is offered--
            (A) the number of officers selected to attend that course 
        who did not first complete while in residence at a professional 
        military education school operated by a military department the 
        principal course of instruction offered at that school;
            (B) the number of those officers as a percentage of all 
        officers who attended that course of instruction at the Joint 
        Forces Staff College;
            (C) a description of the different reasons why officers were 
        selected to attend that course without first attending the 
        principal course of instruction offered at a professional 
        military education school operated by a military department; and
            (D) the number of officers so selected for each such reason.

        (18) Such other information and comparative data as the 
    Secretary of Defense considers appropriate to demonstrate the 
    performance of the Department of Defense and the performance of each 
    military department in carrying out this chapter.

(Added Pub. L. 99-433, title IV, Sec. 401(a), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 
1029; amended Pub. L. 100-180, div. A, title XIII, Sec. 1304(a), Dec. 4, 
1987, 101 Stat. 1172; Pub. L. 100-456, div. A, title V, Sec. 512(b), 
Sept. 29, 1988, 102 Stat. 1968; Pub. L. 101-189, div. A, title XI, 
Sec. 1123(d), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1557; Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, 
title V, Sec. 501(c), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 292; Pub. L. 106-398, 
Sec. 1 [[div. A], title IX, Sec. 913(c)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 
1654A-230.)


                               Amendments

    2000--Par. (17). Pub. L. 106-398 substituted ``Joint Forces Staff 
College'' for ``Armed Forces Staff College'' in introductory provisions 
and in subpar. (B).
    1996--Par. (16). Pub. L. 104-106 added par. (16) and struck out 
former par. (16) which read as follows: ``During the period of the 
applicability of the first sentence of subparagraph (B) of section 
661(d)(2) of this title, information on critical positions not filled by 
officers with the joint specialty, including--
        ``(A) a listing by organization of the joint duty assignment 
    positions which were not filled by officers with the joint 
    specialty;
        ``(B) an explanation of the reasons such positions were not 
    filled by officers with the joint specialty, described by the 
    categories of such reasons; and
        ``(C) the percentage of critical joint duty assignment positions 
    held by officers who have the joint specialty.''
    1989--Pars. (17), (18). Pub. L. 101-189 added par. (17) and 
redesignated former par. (17) as (18).
    1988--Pars. (16), (17). Pub. L. 100-456 added par. (16) and 
redesignated former par. (16) as (17).
    1987--Par. (2). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (2), added par. 
(2) and redesignated former par. (2) as (5).
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (2), added par. (3) and 
redesignated former par. (3) as (6).
    Par. (4). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (2), added par. (4) and 
redesignated former par. (4) as (7).
    Par. (5). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), redesignated former par. 
(2) as (5) and former par. (5) as (8).
    Par. (6). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (3), redesignated former 
par. (3) as (6) and substituted ``paragraph (5)'' for ``paragraph (2)''. 
Former par. (6) redesignated (10).
    Par. (7). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (3), redesignated former 
par. (4) as (7) and substituted ``paragraph (5)'' for ``paragraph (2)''. 
Former par. (7) redesignated (11).
    Par. (8). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (3), redesignated former 
par. (5) as (8) and substituted ``paragraph (5)'' for ``paragraph (2)''. 
Former par. (8) redesignated (13).
    Par. (9). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (4), added par. (9) and 
redesignated former par. (9) as (14).
    Par. (10). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), redesignated former 
par. (6) as (10). Former par. (10) redesignated (16).
    Par. (11). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), redesignated former 
par. (7) as (11).
    Par. (12). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(5), added par. (12).
    Par. (13). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), (6), redesignated 
former par. (8) as (13) and substituted ``paragraphs (5) through (9)'' 
for ``paragraphs (2) through (5)''.
    Par. (14). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), redesignated former 
par. (9) as (14).
    Par. (15). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(7), added par. (15).
    Par. (16). Pub. L. 100-180, Sec. 1304(a)(1), redesignated former 
par. (10) as (16).


                    Effective Date of 1987 Amendment

    Section 1304(b) of Pub. L. 100-180 provided that: ``Paragraphs (3) 
and (4) of section 667 of title 10, United States Code, as added by 
subsection (a), shall apply with respect to fiscal years after fiscal 
year 1987.''


   Additional Information To Be Included in Five Annual Joint Officer 
                 Policy Reports After November 30, 1993

    Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title IX, Sec. 931(e), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 
Stat. 1734, provided that: ``The Secretary of Defense shall include as 
part of the information submitted to Congress pursuant to section 667 of 
title 10, United States Code, for each of the next five years after the 
date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 30, 1993] the following:
        ``(1) The degree of progress made toward meeting the 
    requirements of section 619a of title 10, United States Code.
        ``(2) The compliance achieved with each of the plans developed 
    pursuant to subsection (d) [set out as a note under section 619a of 
    this title].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 664 of this title.
