S.Amdt. 4748

SA 4748. Mr. LIEBERMAN (for himself, Mr. Brown of Massachusetts, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Bond) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 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:

Strike section 414 and insert the following:

SEC. 414. FISCAL YEAR 2011 LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF NON-DUAL STATUS TECHNICIANS.

(a) Limitations.--

(1) National guard.--Within the limitation provided in section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, the number of non-dual status technicians employed by the National Guard as of September 30, 2011, may not exceed the following:

(A) For the Army National Guard of the United States, 2,520.

(B) For the Air National Guard of the United States, 350.

(2) Army reserve.--The number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Army Reserve as of September 30, 2011, may not exceed 595.

(3) Air force reserve.--The number of non-dual status technicians employed by the Air Force Reserve as of September 30, 2011, may not exceed 90.

(b) Permanent Increase in Limitation on Army National Guard Dual-status Technicians.--Effective as of October 1, 2010, section 10217(c)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking “1,950” and inserting “2,870”.

(c) Non-dual Status Technicians Defined.--In this section, the term “non-dual status technician” has the meaning given that term in section 10217(a) of title 10, United States Code.