(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 707 the following new item: 
‘‘708. Department of Homeland Security Reserve Service.’’. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IMPLEMENTATION
DEADLINE.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall ensure that each 
covered component of the Department of Homeland 
Security begins to formally initiate policy, regu-
latory, and personnel action to carry out section 708 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, as added by 
subsection (a), by not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) EXTENSION AUTHORITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter-
mines it necessary, the Secretary may provide 
an extension to a covered component with re-
spect to the implementation deadline under 
paragraph (1) for a period of not more than 
180 days. No such component may receive more 
than two extensions under this paragraph. 
(B) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—If the Sec-
retary provides an extension under this para-
graph to a covered component, the Secretary 
shall submit to Congress notice of such exten-
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sion and the justification for providing such ex-
tension. 
(C) FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT.—If any cov-
ered component receives two extensions under 
this paragraph and fails to begin implementa-
tion of such section 708, the Secretary shall ap-
pear before the appropriate committees of Con-
gress to provide an explanation for such failure. 
(3) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on 
the plan of the Secretary for fully implementing 
such section 708. Such report shall include the plan 
of the Secretary— 
(A) for creating position descriptions with 
sufficient flexibility to utilize the full range of 
a reservist’s skill set; 
(B) for outlining the processes for calling 
reservists into service; 
(C) for determining pay scale for each po-
sition, with maximum total annual pay not to 
exceed the GS–15 level; 
(D) for developing a training plan out-
lining how employees will train and maintain 
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standards and certifications necessary to their 
reserve position; 
(E) for determining a base rate of pay 
made to all reservists not called into service, re-
gardless of pay scale determined under sub-
paragraph (C), for attending training to main-
tain skills or acquire skills immediately prior to 
knowingly being called into service; 
(F) for releasing any individuals who do 
not meet the training or certification standards 
established for their positions; and 
(G) for outlining requirements for non-con-
flicting obligations of reemployed annuitants 
and when the component has a right to termi-
nate someone from the pool or while working in 
reserve service capacity. 
(d) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) INITIAL
CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 
180 days after the submittal of the report under 
subsection (c)(3), the Secretary shall certify to Con-
gress that— 
(A) each covered component has a suffi-
cient number of reserve personnel in the Re-
serve Service under such section 708 who are 
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ready to be called into service in response to 
immediate and short-term requirements; or 
(B) the Secretary has provided an exten-
sion to a covered component pursuant to sub-
section (c)(2). 
(2) FINAL CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 180 
days after the Secretary provides the certification re-
quired under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall cer-
tify to Congress that— 
(A) each covered component has completed 
the implementation of the Reserve Service 
under such section 708; or 
(B) the Secretary has provided an exten-
sion to a covered component pursuant to sub-
section (c)(2). 
(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—After the date that is five 
years after the submission of the final certification under 
subsection (d)(2), the Secretary may waive the require-
ments of such section 708 for any period of time if the 
Secretary submits to Congress notice of the waiver by not 
later than 180 days before the date on which the waiver 
takes effect. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than one year after 
the date on which the final certification is submitted under 
subsection (d)(2), and annually thereafter for each of the 
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subsequent five years, the Secretary shall submit to Con-
gress a detailed report on the administration of the reserve 
service during the 12-month period preceding the date of 
the submittal of the report. Each report shall include, for 
the period covered by the report, each of the following: 
(1) A discussion of any changes to the process 
used to recruit, assess and hire Reserve Service per-
sonnel. 
(2) A discussion of critical needs areas in the 
Reserve Service and how the Secretary or component 
plans to fill them, including plans to recruit and re-
tain employees in the positions. 
(3) Any actions taken to fulfill such critical 
need areas. 
(4) A description of any new positions created 
for the reserve service along with demonstrated need 
for such positions. 
(5) The number of personnel onboarded or re-
leased from the Reserve Service. 
(6) A discussion of training provided to reserv-
ists and identification of additional training and re-
source needs. 
(7) A discussion and description of Reserve 
Service activations the circumstances under which 
such activations were made. 
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(8) A projection of new activations or main-
tained activations for the 12-month period beginning 
on the date of the submission of the report and ex-
planations for such projection. 
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