Number: RL30487
Title: MILITARY TECHNICIANS: THE ISSUE OF MANDATORY RETIREMENT FOR NON-DUAL-STATUS TECHNICIANS
Authors: Lawrence Kapp, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: This report describes the mandatory retirement provisions for certain non-dual-status military technicians contained in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 (P.L. 106-65), discusses the stated rationale behind the policy, and quantifies the impact it will likely have on individual technicians. The report also discusses objections to the mandatory retirement provisions and analyzes proposals to repeal or modify this policy. Appendices to this report contain detailed histories of the military technician program, the "dual status" requirement, and congressional efforts to curtail the number of non-dual-status technicians within the technician workforce.
Pages: 27
Date: Updated March 28, 2000