,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #egac  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjah,ms4   
,shea-,porter 7for herself and ,mr4     
,kelly of ,mississippi7 introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united    
,states ,code1 to clarify the effective 
date of the promotion of commissioned   
officers of the ,army ,national ,guard  
and ,air ,national ,guard1 to improve   
processes for ,federal recognition of   
the promotions of such officers1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,national     
,guard ,promotion ,accountability ,act4 
#b4 ,date of rank of commissioned       
,national ,guard officers promoted to a 
higher grade  7a7 ,in general ,section  
#adcjh7;f7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states
 ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 by inserting 
7#a7 before ,the effective date2  7#b7  
in paragraph 7#a71 as designated by     
paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection1 by   

striking on which such ,federal         
recognition in that grade is so extended
 and inserting of the approval of the   
promotion of the officer to that grade  
by the ,state concerned2 and  7#c7 by   
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#b7 7,a7 ,notwithstanding  
subsection 7c77#a71 the date of rank in 
a higher grade of an officer whose      
effective date of promotion to such     
grade is governed by paragraph 7#a7     
shall be such effective date of         
promotion4  7,b7 ,the specification of  
the date of rank of an officer in a     
grade pursuant to subparagraph 7,a7     
shall be deemed an adjustment of the    
date of rank of the officer to that     
grade in the manner of section          
#gda7;d77#d7 of this title1 pursuant to 
subsection 7c77#b71 to which section    
#gda7;d77#d77;,c7 of this title shall   
apply1 notwithstanding subsection       
7c77#c74  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the   
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment

 of this ,act1 and shall apply with     
respect to ,national ,guard officers    
whose promotion to a grade is approved  
by a ,state after that date4  #c4       
,notice to ,congress on delay in        
publication of scrolls indicating       
promotion of commissioned ,national     
,guard officers  7a7 ,notice required   
,if at the end of the #bjj-;day period  
beginning on the receipt by the         
,department of the ,army or the         
,department of the ,air ,force of a     
scroll indicating the promotion of      
commissioned officers in the ,army      
,national ,guard or ,air ,national      
,guard1 as applicable1 the scroll has   
not been published by the military      
department concerned1 the ,secretary of 
the ,army or the ,secretary of the ,air 
,force1 as the case may be1 shall       
immediately notify the congressional    
defense committees1 in writing1 of the  
following3  7#a7 ,the date on which the 
scroll was so received4  7#b7 ,a        
description of the processing of the    

scroll by the military department       
concerned as of the date of the report1 
including a statement of the length of  
time in processing at each stage in the 
process through that date4  7#c7 ,the   
reason why the scroll was not published 
within #bjj days of receipt1 and the    
intended remediation for the delay in   
publication4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this 
section3 7#a7 ,the term congressional   
defense committees has the meaning given
 such term in section #aja7;a77#af7 of  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 
,the term scroll has the meaning given  
that term in ,department of ,defense    
,instruction #acaj4jb1 and any successor
 instruction or document4