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principal responsibility for all Reserve alFairs of the Department of Defense. The Secretary of each military department and, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury, or, as such Secretary may prescribe for his department, the Under Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such department, shall, in addition to other duties, have the principal responsibility for supervision of all activities of the reserve components under the jurisdiction of that department. (b) The Secretary of each military department and, when the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury shall designate a general or flag officer of each Armed Force of the United States therein who shall be directly responsible for reserve affairs to the Chief of Staff of the Army, the Chief of Naval Operations, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, as appropriate. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to curtail or infringe upon the present missions and functions of the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. SEC. 257. (a) There is hereby established in the Office of the Secretary of Defense a Reserve Forces Policy Board consisting of— (i) a civilian chairman appointed by the Secretary of Defense; (ii) the Secretary, the Under Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary of each military department designated pursuant to section 256 (a) of this Act; (iii) one Regular officer from each military department designated by the appropriate Secretary; (iv) four Reserve officers appointed by the Secretary of Defense upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Army, two of whom shall be members of the National Guard of the United States and two of whom shall be members of the Army Reserve; (v) four Reserve officers appointed by the Secretary of Defense upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Navy, two of whom shall be members of the Naval Reserve and two of whom shall be members of the Marine Corps Reserve; (vi) four Reserve officers appointed by the Secretary of Defense upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Air Force, two of whom shall be members of the Air National Guard of the United States and two of whom shall be members of the Air Force Reserve; and (vii) a Reserve officer of general or flag officer grade appointed by the chairman of the Board with the approval of the Secretary of Defense, who shall act as military adviser to the chairman and shall serve as executive officer of the Board without vote. (b) When the Coast Guard is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Secretary of the Treasury may designate a Regular or Reserve officer of the Coast Guard to serve with the Reserve Forces Policy Board but he shall not be a voting member. (c) The Reserve Forces Policy Board, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated pursuant to section 256(a) of this Act, shall be the principal policy adviser to the Secretary of Defense on matters pertaining to the reserve components. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or modify in any manner the functions of the committees on reserve policies established pursuant to section 5 of the National Defense Act, as amended, or by this Act: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent a member of those committees from serving as a member of the Reserve Forces Policy Board. (e) The semiannual report of the Secretary of Defense as required by the National Security Act of 1947, as amended, shall contain a

General or f l a g officer.

Reserve Forces Policy Board.

Coast Guard.

10 USC 32-38.

22-25,

Report. 61 Stat. 495. 5 USC 171 note.

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