To provide for the posthumous advancement of Rear Admiral (retired) Husband E. Kimmel and Major General (retired) Walter C. Short on the retired lists of their respective services.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the late Husband E. Kimmel, Rear Admiral, Navy, and the late Walter C. Short, Major General, Army, performed their duties competently and professionally during the period which included the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in December 1941 and that losses incurred there were not a result of dereliction of duty on the part of such individuals.