STUDY ON OPTIONS FOR PROMOTING POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND THEIR RESERVE COMPONENT EMPLOYEES.

SEC. 207. STUDY ON OPTIONS FOR PROMOTING POSITIVE WORKING RELATIONS BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND THEIR RESERVE COMPONENT EMPLOYEES.(a) Study Required.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on options for promoting positive working relations between employers and Reserve component employees of such employers, including assessing options for improving the time in which employers of Reservists are notified of the call or order of such members to active duty other than for training.(b) Report.—(1) In general.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a).(2) Contents.—The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall—(A) provide a quantitative and qualitative assessment of—(i) what measures, if any, are being taken to inform Reservists of the obligations and responsibilities of such members to their employers;(ii) how effective such measures have been; and(iii) whether there are additional measures that could be taken to promote positive working relations between Reservists and their employers, including any steps that could be taken to ensure that employers are timely notified of a call to active duty; and(B) assess whether there has been a reduction in the hiring of Reservists by business concerns because of—122 STAT. 631(i) any increase in the use of Reservists after September 11, 2001; or(ii) any change in any policy of the Department of Defense relating to Reservists after September 11, 2001.(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.—In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means—(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate; and(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives.