103 STAT. 1438 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 "§ 308d. Special pay: enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units Regulations. "(a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, an enlisted member who is assigned to a high priority unit of the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an armed force, as des- ignated under subsection (b), and who performs inactive duty for training for compensation under section 206 of this title with such unit may be paid compensation, in addition to the compensation to which the member is otherwise entitled, in an amount not to exceed $10 for each regular period of instruction, or period of appropriate duty, at which the member is engaged for at least four hours, including any such instruction or duty performed on a Sunday or holiday. "Oi) The Secretary concerned may designate a unit, for the pur- poses of subsection (a) and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary considers appropriate, as a high priority unit if that unit has experienced, or reasonably might be expected to experience, critical personnel shortages. The Secretary may vacate a designa- tion made under this subsection at any time he considers the designation no longer necessary. "(c) Additional compensation may not be paid under this section for inactive duty performed after September 30, 1991.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 308c the following new item: "308d. Special pay: enlisted members of the Selected Reserve assigned to certain high priority units.". iOUSC 308d (b) REPORT.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the ^°^^- Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives a report on the administration of the special pay pro- gram provided for in section 308d of title 37, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). The report shall be submitted not later than May 1, 1991, and shall include such comments and recommenda- tions as the Secretary considers appropriate. SEC. 506. MILITARY EDUCATION FOR CIVILIAN TECHNICIANS OF THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 10 USC 709 note. (a) BATTLE SKILLS COURSES.— A civilian technician of the Army National Guard may not be denied a military promotion because of the failure of the technician to attend the Battle Skills Course if the technician has requested in writing to attend such a course and has not been selected to attend a course that would permit completion of the course within one year after such request. If a civilian techni- cian receives a military promotion before the technician has com- pleted the Battle Skills Course, the technician shall complete that course within one year after the date of the promotion. Oo) TREATMENT OF TRAINING UNDER EARUER PROGRAMS.— For pur- poses of any reserve component noncommissioned officers education program established for the training of civilian technicians of the Army National Guard, the Secretary of the Army shall accept as meeting the requirements of that program— (1) training completed by a civilian technician before Octo- ber 1, 1987, through courses known as— ,,, (A) Primary Leadership Development courses; ,;,. (B) Basic Noncommissioned Officers courses; and (C) Advanced Noncommissioned Officers courses; and
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