3. Members of the Ready Reserve whose call to active duty in an emergency would result in extreme personal or community hardship as defined by the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard) shall, upon request, be transferred to the Standby Reserve. 4. Except as hereinafter provided by this paragraph, there shall be transferred to the Standby Reserve, in such numbers as are in excess of the requirements of the Ready Reserve, those members of the Ready Reserve who are principally engaged or employed in critical civilian occupations which are on the List of Critical Occupations for Screening the Ready Reserve issued by the Secretary of Labor. No person shall be transferred hereunder (a) who possesses a critical military skill as determined by the Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard), or (b) who volunteers to remain in the Ready Reserve and executes a written agreement to remain in such reserve for a minimum period of one year. 5. The Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard) may provide for the transfer from the Ready to the Standby Reserve of individuals undergoing apprenticeship training or pursuing academic studies that will qualify them for critical civilian skills. 6. The following members of the Ready Reserve not otherwise provided for herein shall be transferred to the Standby Reserve: (a) Individuals who possess military skills in excess of requirements to maintain a proper balance of such skills in the Ready Reserve. Due consideration shall be given to maintaining a proper distribution within the grade, rank, and rate structure of the Ready Reserve. (b) Individuals who are not immediately available for active duty, as determined by the Service concerned, for reasons not otherwise specified herein. 7. In selecting members of the Ready Reserve to be transferred to the Standby Reserve who are otherwise equally eligible for transfer under the criteria established herein, the Service concerned shall accord preference for transfer in the following order: (a) those who have participated in combat; and (b) those with the least remaining obligated service in the Ready Reserve. 8. Pursuant to section 208 (1) of the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended by the Reserve Forces Act of 1955, any member of the Standby Reserve who has not completed his obligated period of military service in the Ready Reserve may be transferred to the Ready Reserve, under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense (or the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard), whenever the reason for his transfer to the Standby Reserve no longer exists. 9. Transfers to the Standby Reserve, discharges and transfers to a retired status of members of the National Guard of the United States and the Air National Guard of the United States, as a result of screening procedures, shall be made in consonance with the Armed Forces Reserve Act of 1952, as amended. 10. The Secretary of Defense (and the Secretary of the Treasury with respect to the United States Coast Guard) shall make periodic reports to the President concerning the screening of the Ready Reserve in order that such screening may be evaluated in relation to overall manpower mobilization requirements. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, THE WHITE HOUSE, January 6, 1956. 71066 [No. 82] RESERVE FORCES LEGISLATION A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE MAY 1956 Prepared for the use of the House Committee on Armed Services UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1956 ! COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS CARL VINSON, Georgia, Chairman OVERTON BROOKS, Louisiana CARL T. DURHAM, North Carolina O. C. FISHER, Texas PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia WILLIAM J. GREEN, JR., Pennsylvania CLYDE DOYLE, California VICTOR WICKERSHAM, Oklahoma GEORGE P. MILLER, California CHARLES E. BENNETT, Florida LESTER HOLTZMAN, New York ROBERT H. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia RICHARD E. LANKFORD, Maryland GEORGE HUDDLESTON, JR., Alabama E. L. BARTLETT, Alaska MRS. JOSEPH R. FARRINGTON, Hawaii A. FERNÓS-ISERN, Puerto Rico DEWEY SHORT, Missouri RESERVE FORCES LEGISLATION A LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE RESERVE FORCES ACT OF 1955 Prepared at the request of HON. OVERTON BROOKS, CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES BY Eilene Galloway National Defense Analyst III |