,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bagg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,peters introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to provide for   
parity among the vice chiefs1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,vice ,chiefs  
,parity ,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,grade of   
,vice ,chief of the ,national ,guard    
,bureau ,section #ajeje of title #aj1   
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7c7 ,grade and ,exclusion  
,from ,general and ,flag ,officer       
,authorized ,strength  7#a7 ,the ,vice  
,chief of the ,national ,guard ,bureau  
shall be appointed to serve in the grade
 of general4  7#b7 ,the ,secretary of   
,defense shall designate1 pursuant to   
subsection 7b7 of section #ebf;a of this
 title1 the position of ,vice ,chief of 
the ,national ,guard ,bureau as one of  

the general officer and flag officer    
positions to be excluded from the       
limitations in subsection 7a7 of such   
section4  4