1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Armed Forces Reserve and National Guard Dual-Status Review and Modernization Act . 2. Postponement of deadline for completion of conversion of certain military technician (dual status) positions to positions of civilian employment by the Federal Government (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) A September 2013 study conducted by a federally funded research and development center found that 21 percent of the military technician (dual status) positions are administrative in nature—the largest category as a percentage of military technician (dual status) positions. The study recommends investigation on whether some Dual Status MilTech positions supporting general administration functions could be converted to Title 5 Federal civilian full-time support positions without compromising unit readiness . The study further recommends investigation on whether it is more appropriate to use military full-time support for other reasons (such as currency in military operations and training and augmentation) . (2) Section 1053 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 directs the conversion of not fewer than 20 percent of all military technician positions to positions of Federal civilian employment under title 5, United States Code, by January 1, 2017. Section 1084 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 extends the deadline for that conversion from January 1, 2017, to October 1, 2017. (3) The Department of Defense submitted a report on the management of military technicians in December 2016 that finds that 12.6 percent of the military technician (dual status) positions were administrative in nature, and recommended a conversion of 4.8 percent of such positions to positions of Federal civilian employment. (4) The Chief of the National Guard Bureau testified before Congress in April 2017 that a conversion of 20 percent of military technician (dual status) positions to positions of Federal civilian employment would degrade