; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) (A) Notwithstanding subsection (c)(1), the date of rank in a higher grade of an officer whose effective date of promotion to such grade is governed by paragraph (1) shall be such effective date of promotion. (B) The specification of the date of rank of an officer in a grade pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be deemed an adjustment of the date of rank of the officer to that grade in the manner of section 741(d)(4) of this title, pursuant to subsection (c)(2), to which section 741(d)(4)(C) of this title shall apply, notwithstanding subsection (c)(3). . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply with respect to National Guard officers whose promotion to a grade is approved by a State after that date. 3. Notice to Congress on delay in publication of scrolls indicating promotion of commissioned National Guard officers (a) Notice required If at the end of the 200-day period beginning on the receipt by the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force of a scroll indicating the promotion of commissioned officers in the Army National Guard or Air National Guard, as applicable, the scroll has not been published by the military department concerned, the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Air Force, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the congressional defense committees, in writing, of the following: (1) The date on which the scroll was so received. (2) A description of the processing of the scroll by the military department concerned as of the date of the report, including a statement of the length of time in processing at each stage in the process through that date. (3) The reason why the scroll was not published within 200 days of receipt, and the intended remediation for the delay in publication. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) The term congressional defense committees has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(16) of title