***** This Language was removed for the final version of HR 1588 *****
HR 1588
SEC. 523. SIMPLIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF ANNUAL PARTICIPATION FOR PURPOSES OF READY RESERVE TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.
Subsection (a) of section 10147 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
`(a)(1) Except as provided pursuant to paragraph (2), each person who is enlisted, inducted, or appointed in an armed force and who becomes a member of the Ready Reserve under any provision of law other than section 513 or 10145(b) of this title shall be required, while in the Ready Reserve, to participate in a combination of drills, training periods, and active duty equivalent to 38 days (exclusive of travel) during each year.
Title 10 reads now:
Title 10, Sec. 10147. - Ready Reserve: training requirements
(1) participate in at least 48 scheduled drills or training periods during each year and serve on active duty for training of not less than 14 days (exclusive of traveltime) during each year; or
(2) serve on active duty for training not more than 30 days during each year.
(b) A member who has served on active duty for one year or longer may not be required to perform a period of active duty for training if the first day of that period falls during the last 120 days of the member's required membership in the Ready Reserve
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