#aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#bbic  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the ,robert
 ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and    
,emergency ,assistance ,act to provide  
certain employment rights to reservists 
of the ,federal ,emergency ,management  
,agency1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,civilian ,reservist ,emergency     
,workforce ,act of #bjba or the ,,crew  
,act4  #b4 ,personnel performing service
 responding to presidentially declared  
major disasters and emergencies ,section
 #cjf of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford      
,disaster ,relief and ,emergency        
,assistance ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eadi7  
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7d7 ,personnel performing   
service responding to disasters and     
emergencies  7#a7 ,,userra ,employment  
and ,reemployment ,rights ,the          
protections1 rights1 benefits1 and      
obligations provided under chapter #dc  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1    
shall apply to intermittent personnel   

appointed pursuant to subsection 7b77#a7
 to perform service to the ,federal     
,emergency ,management ,agency under    
sections #dja and #eja or to train for  
such service4  7#b7 ,notice of absence  
from position of employment ,preclusion 
of giving notice of service by necessity
 of service under subsection 7b77#a7 to 
perform service to the ,federal         
,emergency ,management ,agency under    
sections #dja and #eja or to train for  
such service shall be considered        
preclusion by military necessity for    
purposes of section #dcab7;b7 of title  
#ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 pertaining  
to giving notice of absence from a      
position of employment4 ,a determination
 of such necessity shall be made by the 
,administrator and shall not be subject 
to review in any judicial or            
administrative proceeding4  4  #c4      
,extension of certain employment and    
reemployment rights to ,,fema reservists
  7a7 ,in general ,section #dcjc of     
title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    

amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph 7#ac71 by   
inserting before 1 and a period the     
following3 1 a period for which a person
 is absent from a position of employment
 due to an appointment into service in  
the ,federal ,emergency ,management     
,agency as intermittent personnel under 
section #cjf7;b77#a7 of the ,robert ,t4 
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eadi7;b77#a772  7#b7 by      
redesignating the second paragraph 7#af7
 7relating to uniformed services7 as    
paragraph 7#ag72 and  7#c7 in paragraph 
7#ag71 as so redesignated1 by inserting 
before and any other category the       
following3 intermittent personnel who   
are appointed into ,federal ,emergency  
,management ,agency service under       
section #cjf7;b77#a7 of the ,robert ,t4 
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eadi7;b77#a77 or to train for
 such service14  7b7 ,modification of   
exception for requirement for members of

 uniformed services to provide notice to
 employers to obtain certain employment 
and reemployment rights ,section        
#dcab7;b7 of title #ch1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking the
 second sentence2  7#b7 by inserting    
7#a7 before ,no notice2 and  7#c7 by    
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#b7 ,a determination of    
military necessity for purposes of      
paragraph 7#a7 shall be made-- 7,a7     
except as provided in subparagraphs 7,b7
 and 7,c71 pursuant to regulations      
prescribed by the ,secretary of         
,defense2  7,b7 for persons performing  
service to the ,federal ,emergency      
,management ,agency under section #cbg  
of the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster  
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eafe;f7 and as          
intermittent personnel under section    
#cjf7;b77#a7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #eadi7;b77#a771 by the ,administrator  
of the ,federal ,emergency ,management  
,agency as described in sections        

#cbg7;j77#b7 and #cjf7;d77#b7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eafe;f7j77#b7 and  
#eadi7;d77#b771 respectively2 or  7,c7  
for intermittent disaster-response      
appointees of the ,national ,disaster   
,medical ,system1 by the ,secretary of  
,health and ,human ,services as         
described in section #bhab7;d77#c77;,b7 
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4                          
#cjj;hh-#aa7;d77#c77;,b774  7#c7 ,a     
determination of military necessity     
under paragraph 7#a7 shall not be       
subject to judicial review4  4  ,passed 
the ,senate ,december #h1               
#bjba4,secretary