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[CITE: 10USC10147]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                     Subtitle E--Reserve Components
 
                 PART I--ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
 
              CHAPTER 1005--ELEMENTS OF RESERVE COMPONENTS
 
Sec. 10147. Ready Reserve: training requirements

    (a) Except as specifically provided in regulations to be prescribed 
by the Secretary of Defense, or by the Secretary of Transportation with 
respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the 
Navy, each person who is enlisted, inducted, or appointed in an armed 
force, and who becomes a member of the Ready Reserve under any provision 
of law except section 513 or 10145(b) of this title, shall be required, 
while in the Ready Reserve, to--
        (1) participate in at least 48 scheduled drills or training 
    periods during each year and serve on active duty for training of 
    not less than 14 days (exclusive of traveltime) during each year; or
        (2) serve on active duty for training not more than 30 days 
    during each year.

    (b) A member who has served on active duty for one year or longer 
may not be required to perform a period of active duty for training if 
the first day of that period falls during the last 120 days of the 
member's required membership in the Ready Reserve.

(Added Pub. L. 103-337, div. A, title XVI, Sec. 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 
1994, 108 Stat. 2973.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in 
section 270(a) of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-337, 
Sec. 1661(a)(2)(A).


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise provided, see 
section 1691 of Pub. L. 103-337, set out as a note under section 10001 
of this title.
    Section 1661(a)(5)(A) of Pub. L. 103-337 provided that: ``Section 
10147(a) [10 U.S.C. 10147(a)], as added by paragraph (1), applies only 
to persons who were inducted, enlisted, or appointed in an armed force 
after August 9, 1955.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 10143, 10148 of this title; 
title 5 section 5517; title 14 section 712; title 38 section 4312; title 
50 App. section 456.
