,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #cj1 #bjai,mr4  
,mast introduced the following bill2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend  
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
authorize the ,secretary of a military  
department to retain a reserve chaplain 
or reserve officer in a medical         
specialty beyond the date that such     
individual turns #fh years old4  #a4    
,authority to defer mandatory separation
 at age #fh of chaplains and officers in
 medical specialties in the reserve     
components of the ,armed ,forces        
,section #adgjc7;b7 of title #aj1       
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7
 by striking ,an and inserting 7#a7     
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 an2 and     
7#b7 by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph 7#b73  7#b7 ,the          
,secretary concerned may1 with the      
consent of the officer1 retain in an    
active status an officer described in   

subsection 7a7 beyond the date described
 in paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection if
 the ,secretary concerned determines    
that such retention is necessary to the 
military department concerned4 ,each    
such retention shall be made on a       
case-by-case basis and for such period  
as the ,secretary concerned determines  
appropriate4  4