HR 4930 IHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

December 19, 2007

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. HAYES, and Mr. LATHAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed ServicesCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Since September 11, 2001, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces have been sent into harm's way and fought alongside members of the regular components of the Armed Forces.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Between September 11, 2001, and December 7, 2007, more than 600,000 members of the reserve components have been mobilized in support of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and for other contingency operations.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) More than 142,000 members of the reserve components have been mobilized more than once during this same period.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) On December 7, 2007, the conference report for H. R. 1585, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, was filed, and section 647 of the conference report consists of an amendment to section 12731 of title 10, United States Code, offering an earlier retirement benefit for members of the reserve components who are mobilized in support of contingency operations.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) The House of Representatives agreed to the conference report on December 12, 2007, and the Senate agreed to the conference report on December 14, 2007.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) However, the amendment made by section 647 of the conference report only considers service performed after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, and this effective date fails to recognize the service and sacrifice made by members of the reserve components since September 11, 2001.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION OF SERVICE SINCE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, IN DETERMINING EARLY ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIPT OF NON-REGULAR SERVICE RETIRED PAY.

Subsection (f) of section 12731 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 647 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, is amended in paragraph (2)(A)--CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by striking `the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008' and inserting `September 11, 2001'; andCommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by striking `in any fiscal year after such date' and inserting `such duty or service after that date during fiscal year 2002 and any subsequent fiscal year'.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink