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a period which, when added to the period of his active duty, totals four years, or (B) has satisfactorily completed an enlistment under section 263(b) of this Act;". (d) Section 208 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 928) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (k) Under regulations prescribed by the President, each Armed Force of the United States shall provide a system of continuous screening of units and members of the Ready Reserve to insure that— "(1) no significant attrition will occur to those members or units during a mobilization; "(2) there will be a proper balance of military skills; "(3) members of the Reserve Forces possessing critical civilian skills will not be retained in numbers beyond the requirements for those skills except for persons who have military skills for which there is an overriding requirement; "(4) with due respect to national security and military requirements, recognition is given to participation in combat; and "(5) members of the Reserve Forces whose mobilization in an emergency would result in extreme personal or community hardship are not retained in the Ready Reserve. "(1) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard), any member of the Standby Reserve who has not completed his obligated period of military service in the Ready Reserve may be transferred to the Ready Reserve whenever the reason for his transfer to the Standby Reserve no longer exists." (e) Section 233(a) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 961 (a)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "No member of the Standby Reserve may be ordered to active duty under this subsection until the Director of Selective Service has determined that such member is available for active duty." (f) The proviso contained in section 233(b)(1) of such Act (50 U.S.C. 961 (b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: ''Provided, That not more than one million members of the Ready Reserve of all reserve components may be required to perform active duty involuntarily at any time unless the Congress shall have authorized the exercise of the authority contained in this subsection with respect to a larger number". (g) Section 233 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 961) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (h) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe any person who, while a member of a reserve component, becomes a regular or duly ordained minister of religion shall be entitled upon his request to a discharge from the reserve component of which he is a member. No member of any reserve component shall be required to serve on active duty, or to participate in active training and service, active duty for training, or inactive duty training, while preparing for the ministry in a recognized theological or divinity school." (h) Chapter 7 of part II of such Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 259 thereof, the following new section: "SEC. 260. (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe, each military department of the Department of Defense shall cause to be prepared and maintained an accurate record of the number of members of each class of each reserve component who during each fiscal year have satisfactorily participated in (1) active duty for training, and (2) inactive duty training with pay. " (b) I n January of each year the Secretary of Defense shall transmit to the President and to the Congress a report which shall contain

S c r e e n i n g of units and members.

Transfer from Standby Reserve to Ready R e s e r v e.

Selective recall.

Ministers of religion.

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Records.

Report of Secretary of Defense.

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