,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ceec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ad1 
#bjbc,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,manchin1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,ms4
 ,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,ernst1 ,ms4 ,sinema1 
,mr4 ,tuberville1 ,ms4 ,smith1 ,mrs4    
,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,mr4         
,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4          
,menendez1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,ossoff1    
,mrs4 ,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,mr4    
,ricketts1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 ,ms4 ,collins1
 ,mr4 ,cramer1 ,mr4 ,graham1 ,mr4       
,warnock1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,kelly1  
,mrs4 ,capito1 ,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4   
,grassley1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,lankford1
 ,mr4 ,merkley1 ,ms4 ,lummis1 ,mr4      
,schmitt1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,romney1 ,mr4 
,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,boozman1   
,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4     
,sullivan1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mrs4 ,britt1  
,mr4 ,kennedy1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,florida1 
,mr4 ,padilla1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4     
,brown1 ,ms4 ,rosen1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 
,mr4 ,fetterman1 and ,ms4 ,cortez       

,masto7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice1 considered1 read  
the third time1 and passed  ,a ,,bill   
,to provide a retroactive effective date
 for the promotions of senior officers  
of the ,armed ,forces whose military    
promotions were delayed as a result of  
the suspension of ,senate confirmation  
of such promotions4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,military
 ,personnel ,confirmation ,restoration  
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress 
,congress holds the men and women who   
defend the ,united ,states in the       
highest esteem4  #c4 ,retroactive       
effective date of promotions of senior  
officers of ,armed ,forces that were    
delayed as a result of suspension of    
,senate confirmation  7a7 ,in general   
,in the case of an individual confirmed1
 during the period beginning on         
,december #e1 #bjbc1 and ending on      
,december #ca1 #bjbc1 to a grade or rank
 in the ,armed ,forces associated with  
pay grade ,o-#g or higher and whose     

confirmation was delayed as a result of 
the suspension of the provision of      
advice and consent by the ,senate to    
appointments to such grades and ranks   
that began in ,february #bjbc-- 7#a7 the
 ,secretary of ,defense shall provide   
the individual1 retroactive to the date 
described in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 pay  
and allowances at the rates or in the   
amounts payable for the pay grade       
associated with the appointment of the  
individual2 and  7,b7 the benefits to   
which an individual in the grade or rank
 associated with the appointment is     
entitled2 and  7#b7 the date described  
in subsection 7b7 shall be the date used
 for determining the seniority of the   
individual in the grade or rank         
associated with the appointment4  7b7   
,date described ,the date described in  
this subsection is1 with respect to an  
individual described in subsection 7a71 
the date that is the later of-- 7#a7 the
 date that is #cj days after the date on
 which the nomination of the individual 

was placed on the ,executive ,calendar  
of the ,senate2 or  7#b7 the date on    
which the individual would have been    
appointed but for the suspension of the 
provision of advice and consent         
described in subsection 7a71 as         
determined by the ,secretary concerned  
7as defined in section #aja of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code74