To authorize the service Secretaries to increase the end strength of the Selected Reserve by two percent.

SA 1543. Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Crapo) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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:

On page 100, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

SEC. 417. AUTHORITY FOR SERVICE SECRETARY VARIANCES FOR SELECTED RESERVE END STRENGTHS.

Section 115(g) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

“(g) Authority for Service Secretary Variances for Active-Duty and Selected Reserve End Strengths.--(1) Upon determination by the Secretary of a military department that such action would enhance manning and readiness in essential units or in critical specialties or ratings, the Secretary may--

“(A) increase the end strength authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(1)(A) for a fiscal year for the armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary or, in the case of the Secretary of the Navy, for any of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of that Secretary, by a number equal to not more than 2 percent of such authorized end strength; and

“(B) increase the end strength authorized pursuant to subsection (a)(2) for a fiscal year for the Selected Reserve of the reserve component of the armed force under the jurisdiction of that Secretary or, in the case of the Secretary of the Navy, for the Selected Reserve of the reserve component of any of the armed forces under the jurisdiction of that Secretary, by a number equal to not more than 2 percent of such authorized end strength.

“(2) Any increase under paragraph (1) of the end strength for an armed force or the Selected Reserve of a reserve component of an armed force shall be counted as part of the increase for that armed force or Selected Reserve for that fiscal year authorized under subsection (f)(1) or subsection (f)(3), respectively.”.