Us Code § 12304b - Selected Reserve: order to active duty for preplanned missions in support of the combatant commands
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§ 12304b. Selected Reserve: order to active duty for preplanned missions in support of the combatant commands
(a)
(b)
(i) the manpower and associated costs of such active duty are specifically included and identified in the defense budget materials for the fiscal year or years in which such units are anticipated to be ordered to active duty; and
(ii) the budget information on such costs includes a description of the mission for which such units are anticipated to be ordered to active duty and the anticipated length of time of the order of such units to active duty on an involuntary basis.
(B) In the event the President's budget is delivered later than April 1st in the year prior to the year of the mobilization of one or more units under this section, the Secretary concerned may submit to Congress the information required under subparagraph (A) in a separate notice.
(2) Not more than 60,000 members of the reserve components of the armed forces may be on active duty under this section at any one time.
(c)
(d)
(e)
(1) by order of the Secretary of the military department concerned; or
(2) by law.
(f)
(g)
(1) the length and nature of previous service, to assure such sharing of exposure to hazards as national security and military requirements will reasonably allow;
(2) the frequency of assignments during service career;
(3) family responsibilities; and
(4) employment necessary to maintain the national health, safety, or interest.
(h)
(i)
(Added Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title V, §516(a)(1), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1395; amended Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title X, §1014(b), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 1908; Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title V, §513, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 245.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The War Powers Resolution, referred to in subsec. (f), is Pub. L. 93–148, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 555, which is classified generally to chapter 33 (§1541 et seq.) of Title 50, War and National Defense. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1541 of Title 50 and Tables.
Amendments
2023—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 118–31 substituted "(A) Except as provided under subparagraph (B), units" for "Units", redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, of subpar. (A), and added subpar. (B).
2013—Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 112–239 substituted "section 231(f)(2)" for "section 231(g)(2)".
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