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PUBLIC LAW 85-861-SEPT. 2, 1958

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torily as a member of a unit of the Ready Reserve after being 50 u#c' loii transferred under section 1014(a) of title 50, for a period that, when added to the period of his active duty, totals four years; "(3) he has satisfactorily completed an enlistment under section 1014(b) of that title:""and (B) by redesignating clauses (2), (3), and (4) as clauses " (4) ", "('^)", and " (6) ", respectively. 10 USC 261-280. (5) Chapter 11 is amended— (A) by inserting the following new sections after section '260: " (a) Except as specifically provided in regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, each person who is inducted, enlisted, or appointed in an armed force after August 9, 1955, and who becomes a member of the Ready Reserve under any provision of law except section 269(b) of this title, shall be required, while in the Ready Reserve, to— "(1) participate in at least 48 scheduled drills or training periods during each year and serve on active duty for training not more than 17 days during each year: or "(2) serve on active duty for training not more than 30 days during each year. " (b) A member of the Ready Reserve covered by this section, other 456° " ^ ^ ^^^* ^^^^ ^'^^ enlisted under section 456(c)(2)(C) of title 50, appendix, who fnils in any year to satisfactorily perform the training duty prescribed in subsection (a), as determined by the Secretary concerned under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, may be ordered without his consent to perform additional active duty for training for not more than 45 days. If the failure occurs during the last year of his reauired membership in the Ready Reserve, his membership is extended until he performs that additional active duty for training, but not for more than six months. "§ 271. Ready Reserve: continuous screening: "Under regulations to be prescribed by the President, each armed force shall provide a system of continuous screening of units and members of the Ready Reserve to insure that— "(1) there will be no significance attrition of those members or units during a mobilization; "(2) there is a proper balance of military skills; "(3) except for those with military skills for which there is an overriding requirement, members having critical civilian skills are not retained in numbers beyond the need for those skills; "(4) with due regard to national security and military requirements, recognition will be given to participation in combat; and "(5) members whose mobilization in an emergency would result in an extreme personal or community hardship are not retained in the Ready Reserve. "§ 272. Ready Reserve: transfer back from Standby Reserve "Under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, a member of the Standby Reserve who has not completed his required period of service in the Ready Reserve may be transferred to the Ready Reserve when the reason for his transfer to the Standby Reserve no longer exists.":
 * § 270. Ready Reserve: training requirements

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