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10 U.S.C. § 10144 — Ready Reserve: Individual Ready Reserve
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**(a)** Within the Ready Reserve of each of the reserve components there is an Individual Ready Reserve. The Individual Ready Reserve consists of those members of the Ready Reserve who are not in the Selected Reserve or the inactive National Guard.
**(b)**
(1) Within the Individual Ready Reserve of each reserve component there is a category of members, as designated by the Secretary concerned, who are subject to being ordered to active duty involuntarily in accordance with [section 12304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12304&num=0&edition=prelim). A member may not be placed in that mobilization category unless—
(A) the member volunteers for that category; and
(B) the member is selected for that category by the Secretary concerned, based upon the needs of the service and the grade and military skills of that member.
(2) A member of the Individual Ready Reserve may not be carried in such mobilization category of members after the end of the 24-month period beginning on the date of the separation of the member from active service.
(3) The Secretary shall designate the grades and military skills or specialities of members to be eligible for placement in such mobilization category.
(4) A member in such mobilization category shall be eligible for benefits (other than pay and training) as are normally available to members of the Selected Reserve, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
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**(a)** Within the Ready Reserve of each of the reserve components there is an Individual Ready Reserve. The Individual Ready Reserve consists of those members of the Ready Reserve who are not in the Selected Reserve or the inactive National Guard.
**(b)**
(1) Within the Individual Ready Reserve of each reserve component there is a category of members, as designated by the Secretary concerned, who are subject to being ordered to active duty involuntarily in accordance with [section 12304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section12304&num=0&edition=prelim). A member may not be placed in that mobilization category unless—
(A) the member volunteers for that category; and
(B) the member is selected for that category by the Secretary concerned, based upon the needs of the service and the grade and military skills of that member.
(2) A member of the Individual Ready Reserve may not be carried in such mobilization category of members after the end of the 24-month period beginning on the date of the separation of the member from active service.
(3) The Secretary shall designate the grades and military skills or specialities of members to be eligible for placement in such mobilization category.
(4) A member in such mobilization category shall be eligible for benefits (other than pay and training) as are normally available to members of the Selected Reserve, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
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**(a) Authority.—** Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12302(a) or any other provision of law, when the President determines that it is necessary to augment the active forces or that it is necessary to provide assistance referred to in subsection (b), he may authorize the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, without the consent of the members concerned, to order any unit, and any member not assigned to a unit organized to serve as a unit of the Selected Reserve (as defined in [section 10143(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section10143/a&num=0&edition=prelim)), or any member in the Individual Ready Reserve mobilization category and designated as essential under regulations prescribed by the Secretary concerned, under their respective jurisdictions, to active duty for not more than 365 consecutive days.
**(b) Support for Responses to Certain Emergencies.—** The authority under subsection (a) includes authority to order a unit or member to active duty to provide assistance in responding to an emergency involving—
(1) a use or threatened use of a weapon of mass destruction; or
(2) a terrorist attack or threatened terrorist attack in the United States that results, or could result, in significant loss of life or property.
**(c) Authority Relating to Significant Cyber Incidents.—** When the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating determines that it is necessary to augment the active armed forces for the response of the Department of Defense or other department under which the Coast Guard is operating, respectively, to a covered incident, such Secretary m
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In this subtitle, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 10143
(b) The authorized strength of the Ready Re-
serve is 2,900,000.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI,
§ 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2972.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 268(a) of this title, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 103–337, § 1661(a)(2)(A).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Dec. 1, 1994, except as otherwise pro-
vided, see section 1691 of Pub. L. 103–337, set out as a
note under section 10001 of this title.
§ 10143. Ready Reserve: Selected Reserve
(a) Within the Ready Reserve of each of the re-
serve components there is a Selected Reserve.
The Selected Reserve consists of units, and, as
designated by the Secretary concerned, of Re-
serves,
trained
as
prescribed
in
section
10147(a)(1) of this title or section 502(a) of title
32, as appropriate.
(b) The organization and unit structure of the
Selected Reserve shall be approved—
(1) in the case of all reserve components
other than the Coast Guard Reserve, by the
Secretary of Defense based upon recommenda-
tions from the military departments as ap-
proved by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff in accordance with contingency and war
plans; and
(2) in the case of the Coast Guard Reserve,
by the Secretary of Homeland Security upon
the recommendation of the Commandant of
the Coast Guard.
(Added Pub. L. 103–337, div. A, title XVI,
§ 1661(a)(1), Oct. 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 2972; amended
Pub. L. 107–296, title XVII, § 1704(b)(1), Nov. 25,
2002, 116 Stat. 2314.)
Editorial Notes
PRIOR PROVISIONS
Provisions similar to those in this section were con-
tained in section 268(b), (c) of this title, prior to repeal
by Pub. L. 103–337,
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