12 2 STA T .50 0 PUBLIC LA W 110 – 1 8 1 —J A N .28 , 2008 (B)are e s se nti a l t op ro v i d es u pport to c ivil aut h orities in an incident o f national si g nificance or a catastrophic incident . ( 2 ) T he ter m‘ ‘defense b udget materials ’ ’ ,w ith respect to a fiscal y ear, means the materials submitted to C ongress by the S ecretary of D efense in support of the budget for that fiscal year. (e) S TRA T EGICPL A N NING GU I D ANCE. — Section 1 1 3 (g)(2) of title 1 0 , U nited States Code, is amended by stri k ing ‘‘contingency plans’’ at the end of the first sentence and inserting the following
‘‘contin - gency plans, including plans for providing support to civil authori- ties in an incident of national significance or a catastrophic incident, for homeland defense, and for military support to civil authorities’’. Subti t leB—Ad diti ona l R e s e rv e C o mp onent E n h an c ement SEC.182 1. UNIT E D ST A TES N OR T H ERN CO M MAND. (a) M AN POW ER R E V IEW.— (1) REVIEW BY C H AIR M ANO F THE J OINT CHIEF S OF STAFF.— N ot later than one year after the date of the enactment of this A ct, the Chairman of the J oint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a review of the civilian and military positions, j ob descriptions, and assignments within the United States Northern Command with the goal of determining the feasibility of significantly increasing the number of members of a reserve component assigned to, and civilians employed by, the United States Northern Command who have e x perience in the planning, training, and employment of forces for home- land defense missions, domestic emergency response, and pro- viding military support to civil authorities. (2) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS OF REVIEW.—Not later than 9 0 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense receives the results of the review under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress a copy of the results of the review, together with such recommendations as the Sec- retary considers appropriate to achieve the objectives of the review. (b) DEFINITION.— I n this section, the term ‘‘United States Northern Command’’ means the combatant command the geographic area of responsibility of which includes the United States. SEC. 1822. COUNCI L O FG O V ERNORS. The President shall establish a bipartisan Council of Governors to advise the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of H omeland Security, and the W hite House Homeland Security Council on mat- ters related to the National Guard and civil support missions. SEC. 182 3 . P LAN FOR RESERVE FORCES POLIC YB OARD. (a) PLAN.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop a plan to implement revisions that the Secretary determines necessary in the designation, organi z ation, membership, functions, procedures, and legislative framework of the Reserve F orces Policy Board. The plan— (1) shall be consistent with the findings, conclusions, and recommendations included in Part III E of the Report of the Presid e nt.E st abl is hm ent. 32USC104 n o te. D eadlines.
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