NATIONAL GUARD MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES.

SEC. 524. NATIONAL GUARD MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES. (a) Clarification Regarding Female Members of the National Guard as Members of the Militia.—Section 311(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out “commissioned officers” and inserting in lieu thereof “members”. 107 STAT. 1657 (b) Increased Period for Completion of Unit Training.—Section 502(b) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by striking out “30 consecutive days” in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof “90 consecutive days”. (c) Exceptions to 30-Day Notice for Termination of Employment of Technicians.—Section 709(e)(6) of title 32, United States Code, is amended by inserting after “termination of employment as a technician and” the following: “, unless the technician is serving under a temporary appointment, is serving in a trial or probationary period, or has voluntarily ceased to be a member of the National Guard when such membership is a condition of employment,”. (d) Repeal of Limit on Number of Technicians Employed Concurrently.—Section 709(h) of title 32, United States Code, is repealed. (e) Personnel Authorized To Make Unserviceability Findings.—Section 710(f) of title 32, United States Code, is amended— (1) by inserting “(1)” after “(f)”; (2) by striking out “subsections (b)–(d)” and inserting in lieu thereof “subsections (b), (c), and (d)”; (3) by striking out “of the Regular Army or the Regular Air Force, as the case may be,”; and (4) by adding at the end the following: “(2) In designating an officer to conduct inspections and make findings for purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary concerned shall designate— “(A) in the case of the Army National Guard, a commissioned officer of the Regular Army or a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard who is also a commissioned officer of the Army National Guard of the United States; and “(B) in the case of the Air National Guard, a commissioned officer of the Regular Air Force or a commissioned officer of the Air National Guard who is also a commissioned officer of the Air National Guard of the United States.”.