Authority to improve retention for permanent professors of the United States Army War College

(a) Appointment of professors of the United States Army War College Section 7153(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking branches and as professors and inserting branches, as professors; and (2) by inserting, and professors of the United States Army War College before the period at the end. (b) Appointments, grades, and leaves of absence for permanent professors of the United States Army War College Chapter 723 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 7219. Permanent Military Professors of the United States Army War College: appointments, grades, and leaves of absence (a) Appointments The permanent military professors of the United States Army War College shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (b) Grades and promotions A permanent military professor of the United States Army War College, who has served as such a professor for more than six years, has the grade of colonel. However, a permanent military professor appointed from the Regular Army has the grade of colonel after the date when the officer completes six years of service as a professor, or after the date on which the officer would have been promoted had the officer been selected for promotion from among officers in the promotion zone, whichever is earlier. All other permanent military professors have the grade of lieutenant colonel. (c) Leaves of absence The Commandant of the United States Army War College may grant a leave of absence for the period of the suspension of the ordinary academic studies, without deduction of pay or allowances, to a military professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, or other officer of the United States Army War College.. (c) Rates of pay for permanent professors of the United States Army War College Section 203 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by inserting the United States Army War College, after the United States Military Academy, both places it appears. (d) Retirement of permanent professors (1) Retirement of permanent professors of the United States Army War College Section 7320(b)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting and the United States Army War College before the period at the end. (2) Mandatory retirement age for permanent professors of the United States Army War College Section 1252 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (A) in the section heading, by inserting and the United States Army War College after at academies; and (B) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4) An officer who is a permanent professor of the United States Army War College..