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 110 STAT. 306 PUBLIC LAW 104-106—FEB. 10, 1996 (c) ADMINISTRATION OF MILITARY TECHNICIAN PROGRAM. — (1) Chapter 1007 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: " § 10216. Military technicians " (a) PRIORITY FOR MANAGEMENT OF MILITARY TECHNICIANS.— (1) As a basis for making the annual request to Congress pursuant to section 115 of this title for authorization of end strengths for military technicians of the Army and Air Force reserve components, the Secretary of Defense shall give priority to supporting authorizations for dual status military technicians in the following highpriority units and organizations: "(A) Units of the Selected Reserve that are scheduled to deploy no later than 90 days after mobilization. "(B) Units of the Selected Reserve that are or will deploy to relieve active duty peacetime operations tempo. "(C) Those organizations with the primary mission of providing direct support surface and aviation maintenance for the reserve components of the Army and Air Force, to the extent that the military technicians in such units would mobilize and deploy in a skill that is compatible with their civilian position skill. "(2) For each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall, for the high-priority units and organizations referred to in paragraph (1), seek to achieve a programmed manning level for military technicians that is not less than 90 percent of the programmed manpower structure for those units and organizations for military technicians for that fiscal year. "(3) Military technician authorizations and personnel in highpriority units and organizations specified in paragraph (1) shall be exempt from any requirement (imposed by law or otherwise) for reductions in Department of Defense civilian personnel and shall only be reduced as part of military force structure reductions. "(b) DUAL-STATUS REQUIREMENT. —The Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Air Force to establish as a condition of employment for each individual who is hired after the date of the enactment of this section as a military technician that the individual maintain membership in the Selected Reserve (so as to be a so-called 'dual-status' technician) and shall require that the civilian and military position skill requirements of dual-status military technicians be compatible. No Department of Defense funds may be spent for compensation for any military technician hired after the date of the enactment of this section who is not a member of the Selected Reserve, except that compensation may be paid for up to six months following loss of membership in the Selected Reserve if such loss of membership was not due to the failure to meet military standards.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "10216. Military technicians.". (d) REVIEW OF RESERVE COMPONENT MANAGEMENT HEAD- QUARTERS. — (1) The Secretary of Defense shall, within six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, undertake steps to reduce, consolidate, and streamline management headquarters operations of the reserve components. As part of those steps, the Secretary shall identify those military technicians positions in such

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