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[CITE: 10USC10144]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                 PART I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER 1005--ELEMENTS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS
 
Sec. 10144. Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve

    (a) Within the Ready Reserve of each of the reserve components there 
is an Individual Ready Reserve. The Individual Ready Reserve consists of 
those members of the Ready Reserve who are not in the Selected Reserve 
or the inactive National Guard.
    (b)(1) Within the Individual Ready Reserve of each reserve component 
there is a category of members, as designated by the Secretary 
concerned, who are subject to being ordered to active duty involuntarily 
in accordance with section 12304 of this title. A member may not be 
placed in that mobilization category unless--
        (A) the member volunteers for that category; and
        (B) the member is selected for that category by the Secretary 
    concerned, based upon the needs of the service and the grade and 
    military skills of that member.

    (2) A member of the Individual Ready Reserve may not be carried in 
such mobilization category of members after the end of the 24-month 
period beginning on the date of the separation of the member from active 
service.
    (3) The Secretary shall designate the grades and military skills or 
specialities of members to be eligible for placement in such 
mobilization category.
    (4) A member in such mobilization category shall be eligible for 
benefits (other than pay and training) as are normally available to 
members of the Selected Reserve, as determined by the Secretary of 
Defense.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 
1994, 108 Stat. 2973; amended Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title V, 
Sec. 511(a), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1728.)


                               Amendments

    1997--Pub. L. 105-85 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) 
and added subsec. (b).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1076a, 12304 of this title.
