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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 2177
To provide for parity among the vice chiefs, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE22, 2023
Mr. P
ETERSintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To provide for parity among the vice chiefs, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Vice Chiefs Parity Act 4
of 2023’’. 5
SEC. 2. GRADE OF VICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 6
BUREAU. 7
Section 10505 of title 10, United States Code, is 8
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-9
section: 10
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‘‘(c) GRADE ANDEXCLUSIONFROMGENERAL AND 1
F
LAGOFFICERAUTHORIZEDSTRENGTH.—(1) The Vice 2
Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall be appointed 3
to serve in the grade of general. 4
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense shall designate, pursu-5
ant to subsection (b) of section 526a of this title, the posi-6
tion of Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau as one 7
of the general officer and flag officer positions to be ex-8
cluded from the limitations in subsection (a) of such sec-9
tion.’’. 10
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