Pub. L. 82-476, pt. II, ch. 7, sec. 257

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 member’s 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 Art, 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 66 Stat. 498 chapter which shall be a report of the Reserve Forces Policy Board on the status of the reserve programs of the Department of Defense.