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        16131(b) of such title paid for months after September 2004.
    (b)  Expansion of Eligibility Requirements for Members of the 
Selected Reserve Having Served on Active Duty for a Period of 24 Non-
Consecutive Months Under Chapter 30 of Title 38, United States Code.--
            (1) Credit for 24 months of active duty service over a 
        period of 5 years.--Subsection 3012(a) of title 38, United 
        States Code, is amended in paragraphs (1)(A)(i), (1)(B)(i), and 
        (1)(C)(iii)(I) by striking ``two years of continuous active 
        duty'' each place it appears and inserting ``a cumulative 
        period of 24 months during any 5-year period''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Subsection (b) of section 3012 
        of such title is amended in paragraph (1) by striking ``during 
        such two years'' and inserting ``at any time during such 5-year 
        period''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply on or after October 1, 2005.

SEC. 8. REDUCTION IN AGE FOR RECEIPT OF MILITARY RETIRED PAY FOR 
              NONREGULAR SERVICE.

    (a) Reduction in Age.--Section 12731(a)(1) of title 10, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ``at least 60 years of age'' and 
inserting ``at least 55 years of age''.
    (b) Application to Existing Provisions of Law or Policy.--With 
respect to any provision of law, or of any policy, regulation, or 
directive of the executive branch, that refers to a member or former 
member of the uniformed services as being eligible for, or entitled to, 
retired pay under chapter 1223 of title 10, United States Code, but for 
the fact that the member or former member is under 60 years of age, 
such provision shall be carried out with respect to that member or 
former member by substituting for the reference to being 60 years of 
age a reference to the age in effect for qualification for such retired 
pay under section 12731(a) of title 10, United States Code, as amended 
by subsection (a).
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the first month beginning on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to retired pay 
payable for that month and subsequent months.

SEC. 9. DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS 
              (RESERVE AFFAIRS).

    (a) Establishment of Position.--
            (1) Position and duties.--Chapter 4 of title 10, United 
        States Code, is amended by inserting after section 136a the 
        following new section:
``Sec. 136b. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
              Readiness (Reserve Affairs)
    ``(a) There is a Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness (Reserve Affairs), appointed from civilian life by the 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
    ``(b) The Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
Readiness (Reserve Affairs) shall have as his principal duty the 
overall supervision of reserve component affairs of the Department of 
Defense.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections at the 
        beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the 
        item relating to section 136a the following new item:

``136b. Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness 
                            (Reserve Affairs).''.
    (b) Executive Level IV.--Section 5315 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after ``Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Personnel and Readiness.'' the following:
            ``Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and 
        Readiness (Reserve Affairs).''.
    (c) Elimination of Position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Reserve Affairs.--
            (1) Repeal of requirement for position.--Subsection (b) of 
        section 138 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), 
                as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively.
            (2) Reduction in total number of assistant secretaries of 
        defense.--
                    (A) Authorized number.--Subsection (a) of such 
                section is amended by striking ``nine'' and inserting 
                ``eight''.
                    (B) Conforming amendment.--Section 5315 of title 5, 
                United States Code, is amended by striking ``(9)'' 
                after ``Assistant Secretaries of Defense'' and 
                inserting ``(8)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (c) shall 
take effect on the date on which a person is first appointed as Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (Reserve 
Affairs).
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