Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 2.djvu/706

 107 STAT. 1656 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 (d) EVALUATION AND REPORT OF FINAL FFRDC REPORT. —(1) After the center carrying out the study submits its final report, the Secretary of Defense, together with the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force, shall conduct an evaluation of the assumptions, analysis, findings, and recommendations of that study. (2) Not later than February 1, 1995, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the evaluation under paragraph (1). The report shall be accompanied by any recommendations for legislative action that the Secretary considers necessary as a result of the study and evaluation required by this section. (e) COOPERATION. — The Secretary shall ensure that the center carrying out the study under this section has full access to such information as the center requires for the purposes of the study and that the center otherwise receives full cooperation from all ofilcials and entities of the Department of Defense, including the National Guard, in carrying out the study. SEC. 523. CONSISTENCY OF TREATMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TECHNICIANS AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. (a) FEDERAL RECOGNITION QUALIFICATIONS FOR TECHNICIANS. — Section 709 of title 32, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(i) The Secretary concerned may not prescribe for purposes of eligibility for Federal recognition under section 301 of this title a qualification applicable to technicians employed under subsection (a) that is not applicable pursuant to that section to the other members of the National Guard in the same grade, branch, position, and type of imit or organization involved.". (b) MILITARY EDUCATION. —The following provisions of law are repealed: (1) Section 523 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100-456; 102 Stat. 1974; 32 U.S.C. 709 note). (2) Section 506 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189; 103 Stat. 1438; 32 U.S.C. 709 note). 32 USC 709 note. (c) SAVINGS PROVISION. —A civiHan technician of the Army National Guard serving in an active status on the date of the enactment of this Act who under the provisions of law repealed by subsection (b) (or under other Department of the Army policy in efiect on the day before such date of enactment) was granted credit on the technician's military record for the completion of certain education and training courses shall retain such credit, notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), for a period determined by the Secretary of the Army. Such a period may not terminate, in the case of any such civilian technician, before the effective date of such civilian technician's next mililitary promotion. SEC. 524. NATIONAL GUARD MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES. (a) CLARIFICATION REGARDING FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AS MEMBERS OF THE MILITIA. —Section 311(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out "commissioned officers" and inserting in lieu thereof "members".

�