,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbic  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bd1     
#bjba,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,portman7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill   
,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          
,administrator shall1 in a manner       
similar to the program described in     
chapter #dc of title #ch1 ,united       
,states ,code1 afford protections1      
rights1 benefits1 and obligations 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 the protections1 rights1       
benefits1 and obligations afforded under
 paragraph 7#a7 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