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(1) PROCEDURES REQUIRED.—The Secretary of 
Defense shall establish procedures under which an 
officer who is on active duty or an officer who is on 
full-time National Guard duty may command mixed- 
status forces in connection with the training and use 
of mixed-status forces for homeland defense mis-
sions, domestic emergency responses, and providing 
military support to civil authorities. 
(2) ELEMENTS OF PROCEDURES.—The proce-
dures shall include measures to enable— 
(A) the Commander of United States 
Northern Command and subordinate com-
manders within the United States Northern 
Command to exercise command of such mixed- 
status forces; and 
(B) the Adjutant General or other officers 
of the National Guard of a State to exercise 
command of such mixed-status forces. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary of Defense 
shall establish the procedures in coordination with 
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Chief 
of the National Guard Bureau, and the Governors of 
the States. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) The term ‘‘United States Northern Com-
mand’’ means the combatant command the geo-
graphic area of responsibility of which includes the 
United States. 
(2) the term ‘‘mixed-status forces’’ means units 
and members of the National Guard that are on full- 
time National Guard duty participating in an en-
campment, maneuver, training exercise, or operation 
with members of the armed forces on active duty. 
(3) The term ‘‘State’’ means the several States, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of 
Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 
(4) The term ‘‘Governor’’, with respect to the 
District of Columbia, means the commanding gen-
eral of the District of Columbia National Guard. 
(5) The terms ‘‘active duty’’ and ‘‘full-time Na-
tional Guard duty’’ have the meanings provided 
those terms by section 101 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 1622. COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS. 
The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of 
Governors to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, and the White House Home-
land Security Council on matters related to the National 
Guard and civil support missions.
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SEC. 1623. RESERVE COMPONENTS POLICY BOARD. 
(a) RESERVE COMPONENTS POLICY BOARD.—Sec-
tion 10301 of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 10301. Reserve Components Policy Board 
‘‘(a) There is in the Office of the Secretary of De-
fense a Reserve Components Policy Board. The Board 
shall provide the Secretary of Defense, through the Dep-
uty Secretary of Defense, independent advice and rec-
ommendations on strategies, policies, and practices de-
signed to improve and enhance the capabilities, efficiency, 
and effectiveness of the reserve components of the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) The Board shall consist of 15 members ap-
pointed from civilian life by the Secretary of Defense. The 
Secretary shall designate the chairman and a vice chair-
man of the Board. Members of the Board shall be ap-
pointed without regard to political affiliation, shall be ap-
pointed for two-year, renewable terms, and shall have a 
proven record of high-level achievement in a national secu-
rity-related field that includes matters pertaining to the 
reserve components of the United States. 
‘‘(c) Members of the Board shall be selected on the 
basis of knowledge, expertise, or achievement in the fol-
lowing areas:
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‘‘(1) The reserve components of the United 
States. 
‘‘(2) The national security and national military 
strategies of the United States. 
‘‘(3) The roles and missions of the active and 
reserve components of the United States Armed 
Forces. 
‘‘(4) The organization, force structure, and 
force mix of the United States Armed Forces. 
‘‘(5) Acquisition; research and development; 
military operations; or personnel and compensation 
programs, policies, and activities of the Department 
of Defense. 
‘‘(6) Homeland defense and support to civil au-
thorities. 
‘‘(d) The Chairman shall be selected on the basis of 
extensive knowledge, expertise, or achievement with re-
spect to the reserve components of the United States, in-
cluding the National Guard. 
‘‘(e) The Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness shall provide an executive director and the 
necessary support staff to manage the activities of the 
Board in consultation with the Chairman. 
‘‘(f) The Board shall act on those matters referred 
to it by the Secretary of Defense or the Chairman and,