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H.R. 8804 117th Congress House

Air Force Rated Officer Retention Program Act

Official title: To direct the Secretary of the Air Force to establish a demonstration program to assess and improve the retention of certain officers serving on active duty in the Air Force.

Introduced: September 13, 2022 Introduced by: Don Bacon Republican · Nebraska See on congress.gov
Armed Forces and National Security
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Sep 13, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
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 Latest action September 13, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Air Force Rated Officer Retention Program Act

This bill requires the Department of Defense to establish and carry out a demonstration program within the Department of the Air Force to assess and improve retention on active duty in the Air Force of rated officers, excluding those officers with a reserve appointment in the Air National Guard or Air Force Reserve whose continued service on active duty would be in the best interest of the Department of the Air Force and who have not more than three years and not less than one year remaining on a specified active duty service obligation.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 7900 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
  • HR 7776 James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8804: Air Force Rated Officer Retention Program Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8804/
MLA
"H.R. 8804: Air Force Rated Officer Retention Program Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8804/.
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H.R. 8804, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8804/.
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