A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide that commissioned officers of the Army in regular grades below major may be involuntarily discharged whenever there is a reduction in force.

Provides that under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army, whenever there is a reduction in the actual personnel strength of the Army, a commissioned officer in a regular grade below major may be discharged, without his consent, if that discharge accords with the recommendation of a board of officers appointed by an authority designated by the Secretary to determine the officers to be continued on active duty.

Provides that a regular officer who is within two years of becoming eligible for retired pay may not be involuntarily discharged under this section before he becomes eligible for that pay, unless his discharge is approved by the Secretary.

States that this Act expires two years after that date of enactment.