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‘‘(2) before the date when that period is com-
pleted, provide to that member an opportunity, if the 
member is qualified, to—
‘‘(A) continue voluntarily in the Ready Re-
serve; or 
‘‘(B) transfer voluntarily to an active com-
ponent.’’. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN INVOLUNTARY PER-
SONNEL ACTIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1215 of such title is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion: 
‘‘§ 12553. Members of Individual Ready Reserve com-
pleting initial military service obligation: 
prohibition of certain involuntary per-
sonnel actions 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—In the case of a member of the 
armed forces who is serving in the Individual Ready Re-
serve to complete the initial military service obligation of 
that member under section 651 of this title, the Secretary 
concerned may not, after the end of the period of that 
service obligation, issue the member an order for an action 
specified in subsection (b) unless the member, before the 
end of that period, has entered into a service agreement
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that commits the member to military service beyond the 
end of that period. 
‘‘(b) COVERED ACTIONS.—Subsection (a) applies to 
an involuntary mobilization in accordance with section 
12301(a), 12301(b), 12302, or 12304 of this title, or a 
recall to active duty, that commences after the date of the 
end of the period of the military service obligation or a 
transfer to the Selected Reserve.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘12553. Members of Individual Ready Reserve completing initial military serv-
ice obligation: prohibition of certain involuntary personnel ac-
tions.’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Section 12533 of title 
10, United States Code, as added by paragraph (1), 
shall apply with respect to orders issued by the Sec-
retary concerned after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 534. EXTENSION OF QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR INI-
TIAL MILITARY SERVICE UNDER NATIONAL 
CALL TO SERVICE PROGRAM. 
Section 510(d) of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting before the period at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and shall include military occupational specialties 
for enlistments for officer training and subsequent service 
as an officer, in cases in which the reason for the enlist-
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ment and entry into an agreement under subsection (b) 
is to enter an officer training program’’. 
Subtitle E—Matters Relating to 
Casualties 
SEC. 541. REQUIREMENT FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED 
FORCES TO DESIGNATE A PERSON TO BE AU-
THORIZED TO DIRECT THE DISPOSITION OF 
THE MEMBER’S REMAINS. 
(a) DESIGNATION REQUIRED.—Section 655 of title 
10, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection (b): 
‘‘(b) The Secretary concerned shall, upon the enlist-
ment or appointment of a person in the armed forces, re-
quire that the person specify in writing the person author-
ized to direct the disposition of the person’s remains under 
section 1482 of this title. The Secretary shall periodically, 
and whenever the member is deployed as part of a contin-
gency operation or in other circumstances specified by the 
Secretary, require that such designation be reconfirmed, 
or modified, by the member.’’.
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(b) CHANGE IN DESIGNATION.—Subsection (c) of 
such section, as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or (b)’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(c) PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO DIRECT DISPOSITION 
OF REMAINS.—Section 1482(c) of such title is amended—
(1) by striking the matter preceding paragraph 
(1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) The person designated under section 655(b) of 
this title shall be considered for all purposes to be the per-
son designated under this subsection to direct disposition 
of the remains of a decedent covered by this chapter. If 
the person so designated is not available, or if there was 
no such designation under that section, one of the fol-
lowing persons, in the order specified, shall be the person 
designated to direct the disposition of remains:’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘clauses (1)–
(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1), (2), or (3)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsection (b) of section 
655 of title 10, United States Code, as added by sub-
section (a)(2), shall take effect at the end of the 30-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
and shall be applied to persons enlisted or appointed in 
the Armed Forces after the end of such period. In the 
case of persons who are members of the Armed Forces 
as of the end of such 30-day period, such subsection—