S. 1599 revises the federal charter of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States to include the president elect of the Association on the national executive committee as a non-voting member.  The bill makes the president elect of the Association an officer and eliminates the specific exclusion against the officers of a surgeon, a chaplain, a historian, and a public relations officer. 

The bill declares that the officers take office at the national convention and requires the judge advocate to be appointed by the national executive committee.  The bill allows for appointment by the national executive committee of any other national officers specified in the Association's constitution.