[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4886 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4886

To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
National Guard officers as commanders of units composed of both active 
   duty military personnel and members of the National Guard in non-
                            Federal status.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2002

Mr. Chambliss introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 32, United States Code, to authorize the appointment of 
National Guard officers as commanders of units composed of both active 
   duty military personnel and members of the National Guard in non-
                            Federal status.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO APPOINT NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS AS COMMANDERS 
              OF UNITS COMPOSED OF BOTH ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY PERSONNEL 
              AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD IN NON-FEDERAL STATUS.

    (a) Command of Certain Units.--Section 104 of title 32, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection (e):
    ``(e) In a case in which assignments made under subsection (b) 
result in a unit composed of both members of the armed forces on active 
duty and members of the National Guard in non-Federal status, the 
President may detail to command such unit a commissioned officer of the 
National Guard who has been called to active duty under section 
12301(d) of title 10. In such a case, the prohibition in the second 
sentence of subsection (d) does not apply.''.
    (b) Exclusion From General Officer Strength Limitation.--Section 
526(d) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``officer who is'' and all that follows and inserting the following: 
``officer who is--
            ``(1) on active duty for training;
            ``(2) on active duty under a call or order specifying a 
        period of less than 180 days; or
            ``(3) on active duty and detailed to command of a unit 
        under section 104(e) of title 32.''.
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