PUBLIC LAW 94-286—MAY 14, 1976
90 STAT. 517
Public Law 94-286 94th Congress An Act To amend chapter 39 of title 10, United States Code, to enable the President to authorize the involuntary order to active duty of Selected Reservists, for a limited period, whether or not a declaration of war or national emergency has been declared.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 39 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting the following new section after section 67'3a and inserting a corresponding item in the chapter analysis: "§ 673b. Selected Reserve; order to active duty other than during war or national emergency "(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 673(a) or any other provision of law, when the President determines that it is necessary to augment the active forces for any operational mission, he may authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, without the consent of the members concerned, to order any unit, and any member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit, of the Selected Reserve (as defined in section 268(b) of this title), under their respective jurisdictions, to active duty (other than for training) for not more than 90 days. "(b) No unit or member of a Reserve component may be ordered to active duty under this section to perform any of the functions authorized by chapter 15 or section 3500 or 8500 of this title, or to provide assistance to either the Federal Government or a State in time of a serious natural or manmade disaster, accident, or catastrophe. "(c) Not more than 50,000 members of the Selected Reserve may be on active duty under this section at any one time. "(d) Members ordered to active duty under this section shall not be counted in computing authorized strength in members on active duty or members in grade under this title or any other law. "(e) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall prescribe such policies and procedures for the Armed Forces under their respective jurisdictions as they consider necessary to carry out this section. "(f) Whenever the President authorizes the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of Transportation to order any unit or member of the Selected Reserve to active duty, under the authority of subsection (a), he shall, within 24 hours after exercising such authority, submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President pro tempore of the Senate a report, in writing, setting forth the circumstances necessitating the action taken under this section and describing the anticipated use of these units or members. "(g) Whenever any unit of the Selected Reserve or any member of the Selected Reserve not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit is ordered to active duty under authority of subsection (a),
May 14, 1976 [S. 21151
Armed Forces. Selected Reserve, involuntary order to active duty. 10 USC 673b.
10 USC 331, 3500, 8500.
Policies and procedures.
Report to Congress.
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