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This final rule will update an interim final rule published on December 28, 2020 (85 FR 84237-84243), providing guidance governing annual screening of Reserve component members of the U.S. military departments relative to their civilian employment to ensure compliance with 10 U.S.C. 10149 and ensure availability of Ready Reserve members for military mobilization purposes. The rule provides employers a formal process to remove from federal military service a Ready Reserve employee who occupies a key position or occupies a position whose mobilization would create an extreme personal or community hardship. Finalizing this rule will assist the domestic response to COVID-19 by supporting military mobilization without diminishing the national coronavirus response. On February 26, 2021, President Biden extended the national emergency declared by the previous Administration.