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‘‘(2) such person so registered not later than 30 
days after receiving notice of such requirement, re-
gardless of the person’s age at the time of registra-
tion.’’. 
(g) PARTIALLY DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE.—The 
amendments made by subsections (c) and (f) of this sec-
tion shall take effect one year after the date of the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 402. REPORT ON EXEMPTIONS AND DEFERMENTS FOR 
A POSSIBLE MILITARY DRAFT. 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Selective Service Sys-
tem, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and 
the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit to Con-
gress a report providing a review of exemptions and 
deferments from registration, training, and service under 
the Military Selective Service Act (50 U.S.C. 3801 et seq.) 
and of proposed revisions to those exemptions and 
deferments, taking into account amendments to the Mili-
tary Selective Service Act under section 401(d) of this Act 
to require registration of all United States citizens and 
persons residing in the United States. 
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SEC. 403. RESPONSIBILITIES FOR NATIONAL MOBILIZA-
TION; PERSONNEL REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) LEAD
OFFICIAL
FOR
NATIONAL
MOBILIZA-
TION.—The President shall designate an employee of the 
National Security Council to serve as lead national mobili-
zation official, whose duties and responsibilities shall in-
clude coordinating the planning and execution of any na-
tional effort to mobilize government and industry to re-
spond to a national emergency. 
(b) EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR NATIONAL MOBILIZA-
TION.—The Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior 
official within the Office of the Secretary of Defense as 
the Executive Agent for National Mobilization. The Exec-
utive Agent for National Mobilization shall be responsible 
for— 
(1) developing, managing, and coordinating pol-
icy and plans that address the full spectrum of mili-
tary mobilization readiness, including full mobiliza-
tion of personnel from volunteers to draftees in the 
event of a draft activation; 
(2) providing Congress and the Selective Serv-
ice System with updated requirements and timelines 
for obtaining draft inductees in the event of a na-
tional emergency requiring mass mobilization and 
activation of the draft; and 
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(3) providing Congress with a plan, developed 
in coordination with the Selective Service System, to 
induct large numbers of volunteers who may respond 
to a national call for volunteers during an emer-
gency. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall submit to Congress a plan for obtaining 
draft inductees as part of a mobilization timeline for the 
Selective Service System. The plan shall include a descrip-
tion of resources, locations, and capabilities of the Armed 
Forces required to train, equip, and integrate drafted per-
sonnel into the total force, addressing scenarios that would 
include 300,000, 600,000, and 1,000,000 new volunteer 
and drafted personnel. The plan may be provided in classi-
fied form. 
SEC. 404. CRITICAL SKILLS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DE-
FENSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) The Department of Defense needs a work-
force of skilled individuals to meet the national secu-
rity challenges facing the United States. 
(2) As the Department develops tools to bring 
individuals with critical skills into civilian and mili-
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tary service, it must identify the type and number 
of critically skilled personnel that are needed. 
(b) CRITICAL SKILLS AND SKILLED INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, 
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for 
Personnel and Readiness, shall develop and maintain 
a list of the critical skills and numbers of skilled in-
dividuals needed for the Department of Defense, the 
Armed Forces, and the National Guard. 
(2) CRITICAL
SKILLS.—For purposes of this 
section, critical skills are those skills for which the 
Department has a critical need, such as medical, 
dental, and nursing skills, language skills, cyber 
skills, and science, technology, engineering, and 
mathematics skills. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Under Secretary of De-
fense for Personnel and Readiness shall ensure that 
the list developed under subsection (b) is updated 
annually in accordance with paragraph (2). 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Under Secretary 
shall develop, maintain, and update the list of crit-
ical skills in close consultation with each military de-
partment, through its Assistant Secretaries for Man-
power and Reserve Affairs, with the Chief of the Na-
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tional Guard Bureau, with the Director of the Selec-
tive Service System, and with the Council on Mili-
tary, National, and Public Service established under 
section 201. 
(3) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Under Secretary 
shall implement the list of critical skills under this 
section not later than January 1, 2025. 
SEC. 405. INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE FOR CRITICAL 
SKILLS. 
(a) INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE.—Chapter 1005 of 
title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 10144 the following new section: 
‘‘§ 10144a. Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve 
for Critical Skills 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of recruiting 
personnel with the requisite critical skills, the Secretary 
of each military department, under the direction of the 
President, may establish and maintain an Individual 
Ready Reserve for Critical Skills within the Ready Reserve 
of each of the reserve components under the jurisdiction 
of such Secretary. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 
of Defense shall outline the requirements for membership 
in the Individual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills, includ-
ing providing guidance on— 
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who is mobilized under paragraph (1) shall be eligi-
ble for benefits available to members of the Selected 
Reserve.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 12304(a) 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or any member’’ and inserting 
‘‘any member’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, or any member in the Indi-
vidual Ready Reserve for Critical Skills’’ after 
‘‘under their respective jurisdictions,’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section. 
Æ 
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