132 1 SEC 510 SERVICE CREDIT FOR CYBERSPACE EXPERIENCE 2 OR ADVANCED EDUCATION UPON ORIGINAL 3 APPOINTMENT AS A COMMISSIONED OFFI- 4 CER 5 6 a ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT CER --Section AS A RESERVE OFFI- 12207 of title 10 United States Code is 7 amended-- 8 9 10 11 12 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 13 new subsection e 14 '' e 1 Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary 15 of Defense if the Secretary of a military department deter16 mines that the number of commissioned officers with cyber17 space-related experience or advanced education in reserve 18 active-status in an armed force under the jurisdiction of 19 such Secretary is critically below the number needed such 20 Secretary may credit any person receiving an original ap21 pointment as a reserve commissioned officer with a period 22 of constructive service for the following 23 '' A Special experience or training in a par- 24 ticular cyberspace-related field if such experience or 25 training is directly related to the operational needs of 26 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 20 ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF IN CONNECTION WITH REGULAR OFFICERS --Section 21 533 g 4 of such title is amended by striking ''December 22 31 2018'' and inserting ''December 31 2023'' HR 2810 PAP                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu