(a) Deployment Prioritization.—The Secretary of the Army shall maintain a system for identifying the priority of deployment for units of all components of the Army.
(b) Deployability Readiness Rating.—The Secretary of the Army shall maintain a readiness rating system for units of all components of the Army that provides an accurate assessment of the deployability of a unit and those shortfalls of a unit that require the provision of additional resources. The system shall ensure—(1) that the personnel readiness rating of a unit reflects—(A) both the percentage of the overall personnel requirement of the unit that is manned and deployable and the fill and deployability rate for critical occupational specialties necessary for the unit to carry out its basic mission requirements; and
(B) the number of personnel in the unit who are qualified in their primary military occupational specialty; and
(2) that the equipment readiness assessment of a unit—(A) documents all equipment required for deployment;
(B) reflects only that equipment that is directly possessed by the unit;
(C) specifies the effect of substitute items; and
(D) assesses the effect of missing components and sets on the readiness of major equipment items.
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Subtitle E— Reserve Components
PART I— ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1003— RESERVE COMPONENTS GENERALLY
§ 10101. Reserve components named
§ 10102. Purpose of reserve components
§ 10102a. Deployment prioritization and readiness of Army components
§ 10103. Basic policy for order into Federal service
§ 10104. Army Reserve: composition
§ 10105. Army National Guard of the United States: composition
§ 10106. Army National Guard: when a component of the Army
§ 10107. Army National Guard of the United States: status when not in Federal service
§ 10108. Navy Reserve: administration
§ 10109. Marine Corps Reserve: administration
§ 10110. Air Force Reserve: composition
§ 10111. Air National Guard of the United States: composition
§ 10112. Air National Guard: when a component of the Air Force
§ 10113. Air National Guard of the United States: status when not in Federal service