Summary

Revises how prior enlisted service is counted when computing length of service for officers appointed after completing SROTC. The amendment to 10 U.S.C. § 2106(c) lets either Selected Reserve service beginning August 1, 1979 be used, or enlisted service that begins on the date of enactment (from any military component) count for purposes of computing length of service for those officers. The change is procedural and limited in scope: it adjusts a statutory phrase to add an alternative basis for crediting enlisted service toward officer length-of-service calculations for SROTC appointees. It does not appropriate funds or create new programs and appears intended to clarify or expand which enlisted service may be credited for time-in-service calculations for certain officers.

• Modifies 10 U.S.C. § 2106(c) to add an alternative rule for computing length of service for SROTC-appointed officers.
• Allows enlisted service that begins on the Act's enactment date (from any component) to count for length-of-service calculations.
• Retains the existing option to count Selected Reserve service beginning August 1, 1979.
• Applies specifically to officers appointed for completing SROTC; does not create new pay or retirement benefits directly.
• Change is prospective: it counts enlisted service beginning on enactment rather than making earlier service newly creditable.
• No new appropriations or programs are established; primary effects are administrative within military personnel systems.
• May modestly affect time-in-service, time-in-grade, or retirement computations for a subset of personnel.
• Narrow in scope and legalistic in nature — not a broad policy overhaul.