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(2) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary 
shall develop, maintain, and update the list of crit-
ical skills in close consultation with each military de-
partment, through its Assistant Secretaries for Man-
power and Reserve Affairs, with the Chief of the Na-
tional Guard Bureau, with the Director of the Selec-
tive Service System, and with the Council on Mili-
tary, National, and Public Service established under 
section 201. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Under Secretary 
shall implement the list of critical skills under this 
section not later than January 1, 2022. 
SEC. 406. INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE FOR CRITICAL 
SKILLS. 
(a) INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1005 of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 10144 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 10144a. Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve 
for Critical Skills 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of recruiting 
personnel with the requisite critical skills, the Secretary 
of each military department, under the direction of the 
President, may establish and maintain an Individual 
Ready Reserve for Critical Skills within the Ready Reserve 
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of each of the reserve components under the jurisdiction 
of such Secretary. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall outline the requirements for membership 
in the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills, includ-
ing providing guidance on— 
‘‘(1) a means for each armed force to establish 
qualifying critical skills for inclusion in its Individual 
Ready Reserve for Critical Skills; 
‘‘(2) the standards and process for selection of 
individuals who are not otherwise in a reserve status 
to qualify for Individual Ready Reserve for Critical 
Skills of an armed force; 
‘‘(3) requirements for screening and re-evalua-
tion of members in the Individual Ready Reserve for 
Critical Skills; 
‘‘(4) the training and obligations required for 
members in the Individual Ready Reserve for Crit-
ical Skills; and 
‘‘(5) the use of allowances and nonmonetary in-
centives to retain members in the Individual Ready 
Reserve for Critical Skills. 
‘‘(c) MOBILIZATION.— 
‘‘(1) ACTIVE DUTY.—A member of the Indi-
vidual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills may be or-
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dered to active duty without the consent of the mem-
ber in accordance with section 12304, or in accord-
ance with any other provision of law authorizing ac-
tivation of Individual Ready Reserve members. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.—A member 
of the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills 
who is mobilized under paragraph (1) shall be eligi-
ble for benefits available to members of the Selected 
Reserve.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 1005 of such title 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 10144 the following new item: 
‘‘10144a. Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 12304(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or any member’’ and inserting 
‘‘any member’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or any member in the Indi-
vidual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills’’ after ‘‘by 
the Secretary concerned,’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
Æ 
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