1. Improvement and enhancement of authorities relating to the employment, use, and status of military technicians (dual status) (a) In general The text of section 709 of title 32, United States Code, as amended by sections 512 and 513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ), is further amended to read as follows: (a) Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense, persons may be employed as technicians for the purposes of— (1) the support of the readiness, organization, administration, instruction, or training of the National Guard; (2) the maintenance and repair of supplies and equipment or facilities issued to the National Guard or the armed forces; and (3) the performance of the following additional duties to the extent that the performance of such duties does not interfere with the performance of the duties described by paragraphs (1) and (2): (A) Support of operations or missions undertaken by the technician’s unit at the request of the President or the Secretary of Defense. (B) Support of Federal training operations or Federal training missions assigned in whole or in part to the technician’s unit. (C) Instructing or training in the United States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or possessions of the United States of— (i) active-duty members of the armed forces; (ii) members of foreign military forces (under the same authorities and restrictions applicable to active-duty members providing such instruction or training); (iii) Department of Defense contractor personnel; or (iv) Department of Defense civilian employees. (b) In this section, a technician is a person employed under subsection (a) who is an employee of the Department of the Army or the Department of the Air Force, as the case may be, and an employee of the United States, and who is either of the following: (1) A military technician (dual status) as defined in section 10216(a) of title 10 who— (A) is a member of the National Guard of the jurisdiction in which the person is employed