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 108 STAT. 2756 PUBLIC LAW 103-337—OCT. 5, 1994 SEC. 521. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE TRAINING AND MOD- ERNIZATION OF THE RESERVE COMPONENTS. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress makes the following findings: (1) The force structure specified in the report resulting from the Bottom Up Review conducted by the Department of Defense during 1993 assumes increased reliance on the reserve components of the Armed Forces. (2) The mobilization of the reserve components for the Persian Gulf War was handicapped by shortfalls in training, readiness, and equipment. (3) The mobilization of the Army reserve components for the Persian Gulf War was handicapped by lack of a standard readiness evaluation system, which resulted in a lengthy reevaluation of training and equipment readiness of Army National Guard and Army Reserve units before they could be deployed. (4) Funding and scheduling constraints continue to limit the opportunity for combat units of the Army National Guard to carry out adequate maneuver training. (5) Funding constraints continue to handicap the readiness • and modernization of the reserve components and their interoperability with the active forces. (b) STANDARD EVALUATION SYSTEM.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should establish— (1) a standard readiness evaluation system that is uniform for all forces within each military service; and (2) a standard readiness rating system that is uniform for the military departments. (c) MILITARY DEPARTMENT BUDGETS. —It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should assess the budget submission of each military department each year to determine (taking into consideration the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) the extent to which National Guard and reserve units would, under that budget submission, be trained and modernized to the standards needed for them to carry out the fiili range of missions required of them under current Department of Defense plans. Based upon such assessment each year, the Secretary should adjust the budget submissions of the military departments as necessary in order to meet the priorities established by the Secretary of Defense for the total force. Subtitle C—Victims' Rights, Family Advocacy, and Nondiscrimination Provisions SEC. 531. PROHIBITION OF RETALIATORY ACTIONS AGAINST MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES MAKING ALLEGATIONS OF SEX- UAL HARASSMENT OR UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION. (a) IN GENERAL. —Subsection (b) of section 1034 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting "(1)" before "No person may take"; (2) by designating the second sentence as paragraph (2) and in that sentence striking out "the preceding sentence" and inserting in lieu thereof "paragraph (1)"; and

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