110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3159 
AN ACT 
To mandate minimum periods of rest and recuperation for 
units and members of the regular and reserve compo-
nents of the Armed Forces between deployments for Op-
eration Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ensuring Military 
Readiness Through Stability and Predictability Deploy-
ment Policy Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. MINIMUM PERIODS OF REST AND RECUPERATION 
FOR UNITS OF THE ARMED FORCES BE-
TWEEN DEPLOYMENTS. 
(a) REGULAR COMPONENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No unit of the Armed 
Forces specified in paragraph (3) may be deployed 
in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom unless the 
period between the most recent previous deployment 
of the unit and a subsequent deployment of the unit 
is equal to or longer than the period of such most 
recent previous deployment. 
(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OPTIMAL MINIMUM 
PERIOD BETWEEN DEPLOYMENTS.—It is the sense 
of Congress that the optimal minimum period be-
tween the most recent previous deployment of a unit 
of the Armed Forces specified in paragraph (3) and 
a subsequent deployment of the unit in support of 
Operation Iraqi Freedom should be equal to or 
longer than twice the period of such most recent 
previous deployment.
(3) COVERED
UNITS.—Subject to subsection 
(c), the units of the Armed Forces specified in this 
paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Units of the regular Army and mem-
bers assigned to those units. 
(B) Units of the regular Marine Corps and 
members assigned to those units. 
(C) Units of the regular Navy and mem-
bers assigned to those units. 
(D) Units of the regular Air Force and 
members assigned to those units. 
(b) RESERVE COMPONENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—No unit of the Armed 
Forces specified in paragraph (3) may be deployed 
in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom unless the 
period between the most recent previous deployment 
of the unit and a subsequent deployment of the unit 
is at least three times longer than the period of such 
most recent previous deployment. 
(2) SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
ON
MOBILIZATION 
AND OPTIMAL MINIMUM PERIOD BETWEEN DEPLOY-
MENTS.—It is the sense of Congress that the units 
of the reserve components of the Armed Forces 
should not be mobilized continuously for more than 
one year, and the optimal minimum period between
the previous deployment of a unit of the Armed 
Forces specified in paragraph (3) and a subsequent 
deployment of the unit in support of Operation Iraqi 
Freedom should be five years. 
(3) COVERED UNITS.—The units of the Armed 
Forces specified in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Units of the Army Reserve and mem-
bers assigned to those units. 
(B) Units of the Army National Guard and 
members assigned to those units. 
(C) Units of the Marine Corps Reserve and 
members assigned to those units. 
(D) Units of the Navy Reserve and mem-
bers assigned to those units. 
(E) Units of the Air Force Reserve and 
members assigned to those units. 
(F) Units of the Air National Guard and 
members assigned to those units. 
(c) EXEMPTIONS.—The limitations in subsections (a) 
and (b) do not apply— 
(1) to special operations forces as identified 
pursuant to section 167(i) of title 10, United States 
Code; and 
(2) to units of the Armed Forces needed, as de-
termined by the Secretary of Defense, to assist in