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or such part thereof as may be necessary, together with such units of the other reserve components as are necessary for a balanced force, shall be ordered into the active military service of the United States and continued therein so long as such necessity exists. SEC. 202. The reserve components are— (a) The National Guard of the United States; (b) The Army Reserve; (c) The Naval Reserve; (d) The Marine Corps Reserve; (e) The Air National Guard of the United States; (f) The Air Force Reserve; and (g) The Coast Guard Reserve. SEC. 20S. The maximum numerical strength of each of the reserve components referred to in section 202 of this Act shall be as authorized by the Congress, or, in the absence of such authorization, shall be fixed by the President. SEC. 204. There shall be within each of the Armed Forces of the United States a Ready Reserve, a Standby Reserve, and a Retired Reserve, and each member of the reserve components shall be placed in one of these categories. SEC. 205. (a) The Ready Reserve consists of those units or members of the reserve components, or both, who are liable for active duty either in time of war, in time of national emergency declared by the Congress or proclaimed by the President, or when otherwise authorized by law. (b) The authorized aggregate personnel strength of the Ready Reserve shall not exceed a total of one million five hundred thousand. SEC. 206. (a) The Standby Reserve consists of those units or members of the reserve components (other than members in the Retired Reserve), or both, who are liable for active duty only in time of war or national emergency declared by the Congress, or when otherwise authorized by law. (b) Except in time of war, or unless otherwise authorized by Congress— (1) no unit of the Standby Reserve organized for the purpose of serving as such nor the members thereof shall be ordered to active duty unless the appropriate Secretary (with the approval of the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Secretary of a military department) determines that adequate numbers of the required types of units of the Ready Reserves-are not readily available, and (2) no other member of the Standby Reserve shall be ordered to active duty as an individual without his consent unless the appropriate Secretary (with the approval of the Secretary of Defense in the case of a Secretary of a military department) determines that adequate numbers of qualified members of the Ready Reserve in the required category are not readily available. SEC. 207. (a) The Retired Reserve consists of those members of the reserve components whose names are placed on reserve retired lists established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. (b) I n accordance with regulations prescribed by the appropriate Secretary, reserve retired lists shall be established upon which will be placed the names of those members of the reserve- components who make application therefor, if otherwise qualified. Such reserve retired lists shall be in addition to the Army of the United States Retired List, the Air Force of the United States Retired List, and the United States Naval Reserve Retired List authorized pursuant to section 301 of the Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948, as amended. (c) Members in the Retired Reserve may, if qualified, be ordered to active duty involuntarily, but only in time of war or national emergency declared by the Congress or when otherwise authorized by law. 93300 O - 53 - 34

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62 Stat. 1087. 10 USC 1036;; 34 USC 440h.

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