United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 510 , September 18, 2017. Unclassified.

132 SEC. 510. SERVICE CREDIT FOR CYBERSPACE EXPERIENCE OR ADVANCED EDUCATION UPON ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFICER. (a) ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A RESERVE OFFICER.—Section 12207 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting “or (e)” after “subsection (b)”; (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (f) and (g), respectively; (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection (e): “(e)(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, if the Secretary of a military department determines that the number of commissioned officers with cyberspace-related experience or advanced education in reserve active-status in an armed force under the jurisdiction of such Secretary is critically below the number needed, such Secretary may credit any person receiving an original appointment as a reserve commissioned officer with a period of constructive service for the following: “(A) Special experience or training in a particular cyberspace-related field if such experience or training is directly related to the operational needs of the armed force concerned. † HR 2810 PAP

133 1 “(B) Any period of advanced education in a 2 cyberspace-related field beyond the baccalaureate de- 3 gree level if such advanced education is directly re- 4 lated to the operational needs of the armed force con- 5 cerned. 6 “(2) Constructive service credited an officer under this 7 subsection shall not exceed one year for each year of special 8 experience, training, or advanced education, and not more 9 than three years total constructive service may be credited. 10 “(3) Constructive service credited an officer under this 11 subsection is in addition to any service credited that officer 12 under subsection (a) and shall be credited at the time of 13 the original appointment of the officer. 14 “(4) The authority to award constructive service credit 15 under this subsection expires on December 31, 2023.”; and 16 (4) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para- 17 graph (2), by striking “or (d)” and inserting “, (d), 18 or (e)”. 19 (b) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY IN CONNECTION WITH 20 ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF REGULAR OFFICERS.—Section 21 533(g)(4) of such title is amended by striking “December 22 31, 2018” and inserting “December 31, 2023”.

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