[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2177 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2177

  To provide for parity among the vice chiefs, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for parity among the vice chiefs, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Vice Chiefs Parity Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. GRADE OF VICE CHIEF OF THE NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU.

    Section 10505 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Grade and Exclusion From General and Flag Officer Authorized 
Strength.--(1) The Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau shall be 
appointed to serve in the grade of general.
    ``(2) The Secretary of Defense shall designate, pursuant to 
subsection (b) of section 526a of this title, 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 (a) of such section.''.
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