REVISIONS TO ARMY GUARD COMBAT REFORM INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE ARMY RESERVE UNDER CERTAIN PROVISIONS AND MAKE CERTAIN REVISIONS.

SEC. 514. REVISIONS TO ARMY GUARD COMBAT REFORM INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE ARMY RESERVE UNDER CERTAIN PROVISIONS AND MAKE CERTAIN REVISIONS. (a) Prior Active Duty Personnel.— Section 1111 of the Army National Guard Combat Readiness Reform Act of 1992 (title XI of Public Law 102–484) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by striking out the first three words; (2) by striking out subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(a) Additional Prior Active Duty Officers.— The Secretary of the Army shall increase the number of qualified prior active-duty officers in the Army National Guard by providing a program that permits the separation of officers on active duty with at least two, but less than three, years of active service upon condition that the officer is accepted for appointment in the Army National Guard. The Secretary shall have a goal of having not fewer than 150 officers become members of the Army National Guard each year under this section. “(b) Additional Prior Active Duty Enlisted Members.— The Secretary of the Army shall increase the number of Qualified prior active-duty enlisted members in the Army National Guard through the use of enlistments as described in section 8020 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–139). The Secretary shall enlist not fewer than 1,000 new 110 STAT. 308enlisted members each year under enlistments described in that section.”; and (3) by striking out subsections (d) and (e). (b) Service in the Selected Reserve in Lieu of Active Duty Service for ROTC Graduates.— Section 1112(b) of such Act (106 Stat. 2537) is amended by striking out “National Guard” before the period at the end and inserting in lieu thereof “Selected Reserve”. (c) Review of Officer Promotions.— Section 1113 of such Act (106 Stat. 2537) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking out “National Guard” both places it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Selected Reserve”; and (2) by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “(b) Coverage of Selected Reserve Combat and Early Deploying Units.— (1) Subsection (a) applies to officers in all units of the Selected Reserve that are designated as combat units or that are designated for deployment within 75 days of mobilization. “(2) Subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to officers of the Army Reserve, and with respect to officers of the Army National Guard in units not subject to subsection (a) as of the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996, at the end of the 90-day period beginning on such date of enactment.”. (d) Initial Entry Training and Nondeployable Personnel.— Section 1115 of such Act (106 Stat. 2538) is amended— (1) in subsections (a) and (b), by striking out “National Guard” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Selected Reserve”; and (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking out “a member of the Army National Guard enters the National Guard” and inserting in lieu thereof “a member of the Army Selected Reserve enters the Army Selected Reserve”; and (B) by striking out “from the Army National Guard”. (e) Accounting of Members Who Fail Physical Deployability Standards.— Section 1116 of such Act (106 Stat. 2539) is amended by striking out “National Guard” each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof “Selected Reserve”. (f) Use of Combat Simulators.— Section 1120 of such Act (106 Stat. 2539) is amended by inserting “and the Army Reserve” before the period at the end.