DUTIES OF RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES.

SEC. 555. DUTIES OF RESERVES ON ACTIVE DUTY IN SUPPORT OF THE RESERVES. (a) Duties.—Section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d) and transferring that subsection, as so redesignated, to the end of the section; and (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): “(b) Duties.—A Reserve on active duty as described in subsection (a) may be assigned only duties in connection with the functions described in that subsection, which may include the following:113 STAT. 618 “(1) Supporting operations or missions assigned in whole or in part to reserve components. “(2) Supporting operations or missions performed or to be performed by— “(A) a unit composed of elements from more than one component of the same armed force; or “(B) a joint forces unit that includes— “(i) one or more reserve component units; or “(ii) a member of a reserve component whose reserve component assignment is in a position in an element of the joint forces unit. “(3) Advising the Secretary of Defense, the Secretaries of the military departments, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the commanders of the unified combatant command regarding reserve component matters.”. (b) Technical and Conforming Amendments.—Such section is further amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting “Grade When Ordered to Active Duty.—” after “(a)”; (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “(c)(1) A Reserve” and inserting “(c) Duties Relating to Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction.—(1) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a Reserve”; and (3) in subsection (d), as redesignated and transferred by subsection (a)(1), by inserting “TRAINING.—” before “A Reserve”. (c) Report on the Use of Reserves on Active Duty in Support of the Reserves.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall review how the Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves are or will be used in relation to the duties set forth under subsection (b) of section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2). (2) Not later than March 1, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the review under paragraph (1). The report shall include the following: (A) An itemization and description, shown by operation or mission referred to in subsection (b) of section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a)(2), of the numbers of Reserves on active duty involved in each of those operations and missions. (B) An assessment and recommendation as to whether the Reserves on active duty in support of the reserves should be managed as a separate personnel category in which they compete only among themselves for promotion, retention, school selection, command, and other centrally selected personnel actions. (C) An assessment and recommendation as to whether those Reserves should be considered as being part of their respective active component for purposes of management of end strengths and whether funds for those Reserves should be provided from appropriations for active component military personnel (rather than reserve component personnel). (D) An assessment and recommendations for changes in the existing officer and enlisted personnel systems required as a result of the amendments to section 12310 of title 10, United States Code, made by subsection (a), with such assessment to take a comprehensive life-cycle approach to the careers 113 STAT. 619of those Reserves and how those careers should be managed, with special attention to issues related to accession, promotion, professional development, retention, separation and retirement.