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        S.1599

                      One Hundred Eleventh Congress

                                 of the

                        United States of America


                          AT THE FIRST SESSION

          Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
             the sixth day of January, two thousand and nine


                                 An Act


 
To amend title 36, United States Code, to include in the Federal charter 
of the Reserve Officers Association leadership positions newly added in 
                      its constitution and bylaws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Reserve Officers Association 
Modernization Act of 2009''.
SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF NEW LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE FEDERAL CHARTER OF 
THE RESERVE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
    (a) National Executive Committee.--Section 190104(b)(2) of title 
36, United States Code, is amended--
        (1) by inserting ``the president elect,'' after ``the 
    president,'';
        (2) by inserting ``a minimum of'' before ``3 national executive 
    committee members,''; and
        (3) by striking ``except the executive director,'' and 
    inserting ``except the president elect and the executive 
    director,''.
    (b) Officers.--Section 190104(c) of such title is amended--
        (1) in paragraph (1)--
            (A) by inserting ``a president elect,'' after ``a 
        president,'';
            (B) by inserting ``a minimum of'' before ``3 national 
        executive committee members,'';
            (C) by striking ``a surgeon, a chaplain, a historian, a 
        public relations officer,''; and
            (D) by striking ``as decided at the national convention'' 
        and inserting ``specified in the constitution of the 
        corporation''; and
        (2) in paragraph (2)--
            (A) by inserting ``and take office'' after ``be elected''; 
        and
            (B) by striking ``and the national public relations 
        officer,'' and inserting ``the judge advocate, and any other 
        national officers specified in the constitution of the 
        corporation,''.
    (c) Vacancies.--Section 190104(d)(1) of such title is amended by 
striking ``president and last past president,'' and inserting 
``president, president elect, and last past president,''.
    (d) Records and Inspection.--Section 190109(a)(2) of such title is 
amended by striking ``national council;'' and inserting ``other 
national entities of the corporation;''.

                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.

                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.