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(B) are essential to provide support to civil authorities 
in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic 
incident. 
(2) The term ‘‘defense budget materials’’, with respect to 
a fiscal year, means the materials submitted to Congress by 
the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget for that 
fiscal year. 
(e) STRATEGIC PLANNING GUIDANCE.—Section 113(g)(2) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘contingency plans’’ 
at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘contin-
gency plans, including plans for providing support to civil authori-
ties in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident, 
for homeland defense, and for military support to civil authorities’’. 
Subtitle B—Additional Reserve Component 
Enhancement 
SEC. 1821. UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND. 
(a) MANPOWER REVIEW.— 
(1) REVIEW BY CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.— 
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit 
to the Secretary of Defense a review of the civilian and military 
positions, job descriptions, and assignments within the United 
States Northern Command with the goal of determining the 
feasibility of significantly increasing the number of members 
of a reserve component assigned to, and civilians employed 
by, the United States Northern Command who have experience 
in the planning, training, and employment of forces for home-
land defense missions, domestic emergency response, and pro-
viding military support to civil authorities. 
(2) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS OF REVIEW.—Not later than 
90 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense 
receives the results of the review under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a copy of the results of 
the review, together with such recommendations as the Sec-
retary considers appropriate to achieve the objectives of the 
review. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘United States 
Northern Command’’ means the combatant command the geographic 
area of responsibility of which includes the United States. 
SEC. 1822. COUNCIL OF GOVERNORS. 
The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors 
to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and the White House Homeland Security Council on mat-
ters related to the National Guard and civil support missions. 
SEC. 1823. PLAN FOR RESERVE FORCES POLICY BOARD. 
(a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan to 
implement revisions that the Secretary determines necessary in 
the designation, organization, membership, functions, procedures, 
and legislative framework of the Reserve Forces Policy Board. The 
plan— 
(1) shall be consistent with the findings, conclusions, and 
recommendations included in Part III E of the Report of the
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Commission on the National Guard and Reserves of March 
1, 2007; and 
(2) to the extent possible, shall take into account the views 
and recommendations of civilian and military leaders, past 
chairmen of the Reserve Forces Policy Board, private organiza-
tions with expertise and interest in Department of Defense 
organization, and other individuals or groups in the discretion 
of the Secretary. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than July 1, 2008, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the plan 
developed under subsection (a), including such recommendations 
for legislation as the Secretary considers necessary. 
SEC. 1824. HIGH-LEVEL POSITIONS AUTHORIZED OR REQUIRED TO 
BE HELD BY RESERVE COMPONENT GENERAL OR FLAG 
OFFICERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that, 
whenever officers of the Armed Forces are considered for promotion 
to the grade of lieutenant general, or vice admiral in the case 
of the Navy, on the active duty list, officers in the reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces who are eligible for promotion to such 
grade should be considered for promotion to such grade. 
(b) NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER
AS DEPUTY COMMANDER
OF 
UNITED STATES NORTHERN COMMAND.—Section 164(e) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) At least one deputy commander of the combatant command 
the geographic area of responsibility of which includes the United 
States shall be a qualified officer of the National Guard who is 
eligible for promotion to the grade of O–9, unless a National Guard 
officer is serving as commander of that combatant command.’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN NUMBER OF UNIFIED AND SPECIFIED COMBAT-
ANT COMMAND POSITIONS FOR RESERVE COMPONENT OFFICERS.— 
Section 526(b)(2)(A) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘10 general 
and flag officer positions on the staffs of the commanders of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15 general and flag officer positions in’’. 
SEC. 1825. RETIREMENT AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE LIMITATIONS 
ON CERTAIN RESERVE GENERAL AND FLAG OFFICERS. 
(a) RETIREMENT FOR AGE.— 
(1) INCLUSION OF RESERVE GENERALS AND ADMIRALS.—Sec-
tion 14511 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘§ 14511. Separation at age 64: officers in grade of major 
general or rear admiral and above 
‘‘(a) SEPARATION REQUIRED.—Unless retired, transferred to the 
Retired Reserve, or discharged at an earlier date, each reserve 
officer of the Army, Air Force, or Marine Corps in the grade of 
major general or above and each reserve officer of the Navy in 
the grade of rear admiral or above shall be separated in accordance 
with section 14515 of this title on the last day of the month 
in which the officer becomes 64 years of age. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION FOR OFFICERS SERVING IN O–9 AND O–10 POSI-
TIONS.—The retirement of a reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps in the grade of lieutenant general or general,
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or a reserve officer of the Navy in the grade of vice admiral or 
admiral, under subsection (a) may be deferred— 
‘‘(1) by the President, but such a deferment may not extend 
beyond the first day of the month following the month in 
which the officer becomes 68 years of age; or 
‘‘(2) by the Secretary of Defense, but such a deferment 
may not extend beyond the first day of the month following 
the month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age. 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR OFFICERS HOLDING CERTAIN OFFICES.— 
This section does not apply to an officer covered by section 14512 
of this title.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the 
beginning of chapter 1407 of such title is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 14511 and inserting the following 
new item: 
‘‘14511. Separation at age 64: officers in grade of major general or rear admiral and 
above.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS
AND
RESERVE
OFFICERS 
HOLDING CERTAIN OTHER OFFICES.—Section 14512 of such title 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) 
as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Secretary’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Secretary of Defense may defer the retirement of 
a reserve officer serving in the position of Chief of the Navy Reserve 
or Commander of the Marine Forces Reserve, but such deferment 
may not extend beyond the first day of the month following the 
month in which the officer becomes 66 years of age. A deferment 
under this paragraph shall not count toward the limitation on 
the total number of officers whose retirement may be deferred 
at any one time under paragraph (1).’’. 
(c) IMPOSITION OF YEARS OF SERVICE LIMITATION.— 
(1) IMPOSITION OF LIMITATION.—Section 14508 of such title 
is amended by inserting after subsection (c), as added by section 
513, the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE FOR GENERALS AND ADMIRALS.— 
Unless retired, transferred to the Retired Reserve, or discharged 
at an earlier date, each reserve officer of the Army, Air Force, 
or Marine Corps in the grade of general and each reserve officer 
of the Navy in the grade of admiral shall be separated in accordance 
with section 14514 of this title on the first day of the first month 
beginning after the date of the fifth anniversary of the officer’s 
appointment to that grade or 30 days after the date on which 
the officer completes 40 years of commissioned service, whichever 
is later.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Subsection (b) of section 
10502 of such title, as amended by section 1811, is further 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before the first sentence; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘While holding that office’’ and inserting 
the following: