CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES.

SEC. 516. CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON THE NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES.(a) Nature of Commission.—Subsection (a) of section 513 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375; 118 Stat. 1880) is amended by inserting “in the legislative branch” after “There is established”.(b) Pay of Members.—Subsection (e)(1) of such section is amended by striking “except that” and all that follows through the end and inserting “except that—“(A) in applying the first sentence of subsection (a) of section 957 of such Act to the Commission, ‘may’ shall be substituted for ‘shall’; and“(B) in applying subsections (a), (c)(2), and (e) of section 957 of such Act to the Commission, ‘level IV of the Executive Schedule’ shall be substituted for ‘level V of the Executive Schedule’.”.(c) Technical Amendment.—Subsection (c)(2)(C) of such section is amended by striking “section 404(a)(4)” and inserting “section 416(a)(4)”. (d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 28, 2004, as if included in the enactment of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005.