Military Personnel and Compensation Amendments of 1980

Summary

Extends, through fiscal year 1980, an increase in the authorization for the number of colonels and lieutenant colonels serving on active duty in the Air Force. Extends through such fiscal year the authority of the President to suspend application of provisions which: (1) restrict the number of Navy and Marine officers who may be promoted from below the appropriate promotion zone; (2) require Marine brigadier generals to have completed three years' service in grade to be eligible for promotion to major general; (3) require certain officers to have completed specific years in grade in order to be eligible for promotion; (4) prohibit officers designated for limited duty below the appropriate promotion zone from being considered for promotion; and (5) require male Navy line officers to have at least two years' sea or foreign service in grade for promotion. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned for such fiscal year to retire and/or separate and grant retired pay (and/or severance pay) to disabled members of the armed forces whose disability was incurred in the line of duty from September 15, 1978, through September 30, 1980, if the President issues an Executive Order to such effect. Extends through such fiscal year the authority of temporary major generals in the Marine Corps to sit on selection boards convened to promote brigadier generals to major generals. Extends through such fiscal year the authority to temporarily promote Navy and Marine officers designated for limited duty, and to temporarily promote certain unrestricted Navy lieutenants to lieutenant commander.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 9 September 1980

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 19 August 1980

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• House agreed to Senate amendment with amendment

  summary · EN · 17 June 1980

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 4 February 1980

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 20 November 1979

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 5 September 1979

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