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 103 STAT. 1436 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 "(B) Service performed while a member of a reserve compo- nent under an enlistment under section 513 of title 10 (other than a period of active duty to which the member is ordered under chapter 39 of title 10 or smother provision of law).". SEC. 502. ANNUAL MUSTER DUTY AND MUSTER DUTY PAY FOR READY RESERVISTS (a) ORDER TO ANNUAL MUSTER DUTY. —(1) Chapter 39 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 686 the following new section: "§ 687. Ready Reserve: muster duty "(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, a member of the Ready Reserve may be ordered without his consent to muster duty one time each year. A member ordered to muster duty under this section shall be required to perform a minimum of two hours of muster duty on the day of muster. "(b) The period which a member may be required to devote to muster duty under this section, including round-trip travel to and from the location of that duty, may not total more than one day each calendar year. "(c) Except as specified in subsection (d), muster duty (and travel directly to and from that duty) under this section shall be treated as the equivalent of inactive-duty training (and travel directly to and from that training) for the purposes of this title and the provisions of title 37 (other than section 206(a)) and title 38, including provi- sions relating to the determination of eligibility for and the receipt of benefits and entitlements provided under those titles for Reserves performing inactive-duty training and for their dependents and survivors. "(d) Muster duty under this section shall not be credited in determining entitlement to, or in computing, retired pay under chapter 67 of this title.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 686 the following new item: "687. Ready Reserve: muster duty.". (b) ALLOWANCE FOR ANNUAL MUSTER DUTY.—(1) Chapter 7 of title 37, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "§ 433. Allowance for muster duty "(a) Under uniform regulations prescribed by the Secretaries concerned, a member of the Ready Reserve who is not a member of the National Guard or of the Selected Reserve is entitled to an allowance for muster duty performed pursuant to section 691 of title 10 if the member is engaged in that duty for at least two hours. "(b) The amount of the allowance under this section shall be 125 percent of the amount of the avereige per diem rate for the United States (other than Alaska and Hawaii) under section 404(d)(2)(A) of this title as in effect on September 30 of the year preceding the year in which the muster duty is performed. "(c) The allowance authorized by this section may not be disbursed in kind and shall be paid to the member on or before the date on which the muster duty is performed. The allowance shall constitute the single, flat-rate monetary allowance authorized for the perform-

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