[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 969 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 969

 To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the United States 
   Army Reserve Command as a permanent major command of the Army; to 
 designate the Chief of Army Reserve as Commander of the United States 
             Army Reserve Command, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 18 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

 Mr. Thurmond introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 10, United States Code, to establish the United States 
   Army Reserve Command as a permanent major command of the Army; to 
 designate the Chief of Army Reserve as Commander of the United States 
             Army Reserve Command, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE COMMAND.

    (a) Establishment as Permanent Major Army Command.--(1) Chapter 307 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:
``Sec. 3082. United States Army Reserve Command
    ``(a) Establishment of Command.--The Secretary of the Army, with 
the advice and assistance of the Chief of Staff of the Army, shall 
establish a United States Army Reserve Command. The United States Army 
Reserve Command shall be a major command of the Army.
    ``(b) Commander.--The Chief of Army Reserve is the Commander of the 
United States Army Reserve Command. The Commander of the United States 
Army Reserve Command reports directly to the Chief of Staff.
    ``(c) Assignment of Forces.--The Secretary of the Army shall assign 
to the United States Army Reserve Command all forces of the Army 
Reserve other than forces assigned to the unified combatant command for 
special operations forces established pursuant to section 167 of this 
title.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following:

``3082. United States Army Reserve Command.''.
    (b) Grade of Chief of Army Reserve.--Subsection (c) of section 3038 
of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking out ``major 
general'' in the third sentence and inserting in lieu thereof 
``lieutenant general''.
    (c) Conforming Repeal.--Section 903 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 3074 note) is 
repealed.
    (d) Transition Provision.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to 
the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the plans of the 
Secretary for implementation of the amendments made by this section. 
Such implementation shall begin not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall be completed not later than one 
year after such date.

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