S.Amdt. 2998

SA 2998. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title V, add the following:

SEC. 583. NATIONAL GUARD FAMILY ASSISTANCE CENTER COORDINATORS.

(a) Conversion to Full-Time Employee Positions.--The Secretary of Defense shall convert positions of National Guard Family Assistance Center Coordinators (FACCs) to full-time employee positions in a manner that satisfies the requirements of subsection (b).

(b) Ratios of Coordinators to Reserve Component Personnel.--

(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the Secretary shall ensure that the number of full-time employee positions for National Guard Family Assistance Center Coordinators in each State for a fiscal year is not less than one such position for each increment of 1,000 members of in-State National Guard and Reserve personnel in such State as of September 30 of the preceding fiscal year.

(2) Increments.--If the aggregate number of in-State National Guard and Reserve personnel in a State at the end of a fiscal year is not a number evenly divisible by 1,000, the number of increments of 1,000 members of in-State National Guard and Reserve personnel in the State for purposes of paragraph (1) shall be the number equal to--

(A) the aggregate number of such in-State National Guard and Reserve personnel divided by 1,000 and rounded down to the next lowest whole number; plus

(B) if the amount of the rounding down under subparagraph (A) exceeds .3, an additional one.

(3) Minimum number.--The minimum number of full-time employees positions for National Guard Family Assistance Center Coordinators in any particular State shall be three positions.

(4) Additional coordinators during mobilizations.--In the event of the mobilization of a unit of the National Guard or Reserve having a permanent duty location in a State, the number of full-time employee positions for National Guard Family Assistance Center Coordinators in such State shall be increased by one such position for each 250 members of in-State National Guard and Reserve personnel who are mobilized during the period that--

(A) begins not later than 60 days before the date of the mobilization of such unit; and

(B) ends on the date that is one year after the date of the completion of the release of such unit from active duty or other mobilized status.

(5) In-state national guard and reserve personnel defined.--In this subsection, the term “in-State National Guard and Reserve personnel”, with respect to a State, means the members of the National Guard and Reserve, whether on active duty or inactive status, who have a permanent unit duty location in such State.

(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be required to carry out the provisions of this Act.