,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #g1 #bjbj,mr4 
,wenstrup introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend 
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 to    
authorize certain retired members of the
 ,armed ,forces to be placed in the     
,ready ,reserve and to receive retired  
pay and the pay and allowances for duty 
that member performs4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,patriot 
,retention ,act4  #b4 ,authority to     
place certain retired members of the    
,armed ,forces in the ,ready ,reserve2  
pay  7a7 ,placement of certain members  
in the ,ready ,reserve ,section #ajade  
of such title is amended by adding at   
the end the following new subsection3   
7e7 7#a7 ,under such regulations as the 
,secretary concerned may prescribe1 a   
retired member of a regular component   
entitled to retired pay may be placed in
 the ,ready ,reserve if the ,secretary  

concerned-- 7,a7 determines that the    
retired member has more than #bj years  
of creditable service in that regular   
component2 and  7,b7 makes a special    
finding that the member possesses a     
skill in which the ,ready ,reserve of   
the armed force concerned has a critical
 shortage of personnel4  7#b7 ,the      
authority of the ,secretary concerned   
under paragraph 7#a7 may not be         
delegated-- 7,a7 to a civilian officer  
or employee of the military department  
concerned below the level of ,assistant 
,secretary2 or  7,b7 to a member of the 
armed forces below the level of the     
lieutenant general or vice admiral in an
 armed force with responsibility for    
military personnel policy in that armed 
force4  4  7b7 ,pay for duties performed
 in the ,ready ,reserve in addition to  
retired pay ,section #abcaf of title    
#aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended--
 7#a7 by adding at the end the following
 new subsection3  7c7 ,a member placed  
in the ,ready ,reserve pursuant to      

section #ajade7;e7 of this title may    
receive-- 7#a7 retired pay2 and  7#b7   
the pay and allowances authorized by law
 for duty that member performs4  2 and  
7#b7 in subsection 7a71 by striking     
subsection 7b7 and inserting subsections
 7b7 and 7c74