S.Amdt. 1927

SA 1927. Mr. ISAKSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 B of title V, add the following:

SEC. 515. AUTHORITY TO ORDER UNITS AND MEMBERS OF THE
SELECTED RESERVE TO ACTIVE DUTY FOR PREPLANNED
MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE MILITARY
DEPARTMENTS.

(a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 12304b of title
10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``When the Secretary'';
(2) in paragraph (1), as so designated--
(A) by inserting ``or the military department'' after ``a
combatant command'';
(B) by inserting ``or any individual member of the Selected
Reserve,'' after ``title),''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(2) Support provided under paragraph (1) may include the
following:
``(A) Support to a geographic combatant command or other
combatant command for which regular forces are inadequate at
the time such support is provided, including support to
training exercises sponsored by the combatant command and
non-combat missions related to a named operation.
``(B) Support to a military department for non-combat
missions for which regular forces are inadequate at the time
such support is provided, including support to training
exercises sponsored by the military department and non-combat
missions related to a named operation.''.
(b) Limitations.--Subsection (b)(1) of such section is
amended--
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses
(i) and (ii) and redesignating the margins of such clauses,
as so redesignated, four ems from the left margin;

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(2) by striking ``if--'' and inserting ``if--
``(A) both--'';
(3) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by striking the
period and inserting ``; or''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(B) the military department to which the unit or
individual members are assigned reprograms funds in the
fiscal year in which support is provided in order to provide
for the manpower and associated costs of the members ordered
to active duty.''.
(c) Treatment of Members.--
(1) In general.--Such section is further amended--
(A) by redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as
subsections (g) through (j), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection (f):
``(f) Treatment of Members.--Any member ordered to active
duty pursuant to this section shall be entitled while on and
in connection with such duty to the benefits to which members
of the Ready Reserve are entitled while on and in connection
with duty to which ordered pursuant to section 12302 of this
title.''.
(2) Retired pay for non-regular service.--Section
12731(f)(2)(B)(i) of such title is amended by inserting ``or
12304b'' after ``12301(d)''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act,
and shall apply to members of the Selected Reserve ordered to
active duty pursuant to section 12304b of title 10, United
States Code, on or after that date.
(d) Conforming Amendments.--Setion12304b of such title is
further amended--
(1) in subsections (d) and (e), by inserting ``or member''
after ``any unit''; and
(2) in subsection (h), as redesignated by subsection (c)(1)
of this section, by inserting ``or members'' after ``which
units''.
(e) Heading and Clerical Amendments.--
(1) Heading amendment.--The heading of such section is
amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 12304b. Selected Reserve: order to active duty for
preplanned missions in support of the combatant commands
and the military departments''.

(2) Table of sections.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 1209 of such title is amended by
striking the item relating to section 12304b and inserting
the following new item:

``12304b. Selected Reserve: order to active duty for preplanned
missions in support of the combatant commands and the
military departments.''.
(f) Exclusion From Discretionary Spending Limits.--The
Office of Management and Budget shall not include amounts
appropriated for manpower costs or associated costs of
performing duty under the amendments to section 12304b of
title 10, United States Code, made by this section in
determining whether there has been a breach of the
discretionary spending limits under the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.)
during any fiscal year.
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