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Lawmakers push to overhaul complex reserve duty status system

January 13, 2026 overhaul, System, Lawmakers, Complex, Push, Duty, status, Reserve0 comment

The Defense Department has long tried to simplify and reform the reserve duty status system, which has expanded to more than 30 separate statutes scattered across about 20 different titles of federal law. This complex system has created pay and benefits inequities and frequent administrative delays when National Guard members and reservists shift between duty statuses. A new bipartisan bill now seeks to consolidate dozens of duty statuses under which National Guard members and reservists are called to service to just four. If passed, the Duty Status Reform Act would…

DoD-commissioned report seeks to overhaul confusing reserve duty status system

August 18, 2025 DoDcommissioned, Report, overhaul, System, seeks, Duty, status, Reserve, confusing0 comment

More than 30 different duty statuses under which National Guard members and reservists can be called to service could be consolidated into just four categories, a new Defense Department-commissioned report found. Unlike active-duty troops who remain in one status, reservists and National Guard members move between multiple duty statuses depending on the type of service they perform. Over time, the system has grown to include more than 30 separate statutes scattered across about 20 different titles of federal law, creating inequities in pay and benefits and frequent administrative delays when…

Hawley demands investigation into Biden’s reserve oil funnel to China

July 13, 2022 Reserve, funnel, Demands, into, China, Investigation, Biden's, Hawley0 comment

Sen. Josh Hawley is calling for an immediate investigation into President Biden’s release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to foreign countries including China. The Washington Times stories: White House

US Politics Could Diminish Dollar’s Role as Global Reserve Currency – Wall Street Journal (subscription)

September 26, 2017 Diminish, Dollar's, could, Reserve, politics, Global, Journal, Wall, Street, Role, subscription, Currency0 comment

Wall Street Journal (subscription) US Politics Could Diminish Dollar's Role as Global Reserve CurrencyWall Street Journal (subscription)But, they say, the state of U.S. politics could spook investors and central banks enough to pare their dollar-denominated holdings and seek shelter elsewhere. Those fears are reflected in part by the dollar's big declines in 2017, to its lowest level …and more » us politics – Google News