Military Personnel and Compensation Amendments of 1980

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Extends, through fiscal year 1980, an increase in the authorization for the number of colonels and lieutenant colonels serving on active duty in the Air Force. Extends through such fiscal year the authority of the President to suspend application of provisions which: (1) restrict the number of Navy and Marine officers who may be promoted from below the appropriate promotion zone; (2) require Marine brigadier generals to have completed three years' service in grade to be eligible for promotion to major general; (3) require certain officers to have completed specific years in grade in order to be eligible for promotion; (4) prohibit officers designated for limited duty below the appropriate promotion zone from being considered for promotion; and (5) require male Navy line officers to have at least two years' sea or foreign service in grade for promotion. Authorizes the Secretary of the military department concerned for such fiscal year to retire and/or separate and grant retired pay (and/or severance pay) to disabled members of the armed forces whose disability was incurred in the line of duty from September 15, 1978, through September 30, 1980, if the President issues an Executive O…