3.0.0 4753 2023-01-15T04:49:17Z 2023-01-15T04:49:17Z House H HR 2004-06-25 108 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing hsgo18 Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-13T15:33:35Z Referred to 2004-06-25T13:04:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-06-25T13:04:50Z hsas00 Armed Services Committee House Standing Referred to 2004-06-25T13:04:40Z 2004-07-13 hsgo18 Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. Committee 2004-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2004-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2004-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-25 Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsas00 Armed Services Committee 2004-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-25 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress S000510 Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9] ADAM SMITH D WA 9 N Armed Forces and National Security Armed forces reserves College costs Commerce Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Education Employee rights Federal employees Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Health Higher education Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Iraq compilation Labor and Employment Local employees Military medicine Military pay Military pensions Military training Military transportation National Guard Salaries Science, Technology, Communications State employees Tax credits Taxation Telecommuting Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Veterans' benefits Veterans' education Wages Armed Forces and National Security 00 2004-06-25 Introduced in House 2004-10-04T18:41:46Z Enhancing America's Guard and Reserve Act - Entitles a Federal employee who is a member of a reserve component to receive the difference in pay between military compensation and civilian compensation during periods of active duty exceeding 30 days.

Directs the Secretary of the military department concerned to reimburse States or local governments for 50 percent of the civilian compensation paid by such governments to equalize military and civilian pay. Increases the reimbursement rate to 100 percent if active duty extends beyond nine months.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an active-duty reserve component employee credit for employers who provide compensation to employees on active duty.

Modifies age and service requirements for receipt of retired pay for non-regular service.

Permanently extends authority for certain TRICARE benefits for members of reserve components.

Makes permanent the extended time period during which members of the Armed Forces separated from active duty may seek transitional health care (repealing time limits set forth in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 and the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan).

Increases the amount of basic educational assistance for members of reserve components under the Montgomery GI Bill and indexes such payments to the cost of higher education.

Prohibits the termination of educational assistance for a member's failure to participate satisfactorily in required training due solely to a call to active duty.

Authorizes the limited use of telecommuting to satisfy inactive-duty training.

Requires the Secretary of Defense to give Selected Reserve members eligibility for travel on Department of Defense aircraft on a space-available basis.]]>

Enhancing America's Guard and Reserve Act Display Title Enhancing America's Guard and Reserve Act Official Title as Introduced To improve certain compensation, health care, and education benefits for individuals who serve on active duty in a reserve component of the uniformed services, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Enhancing America's Guard and Reserve Act Introduced in House 2004-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4753ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4753ih.xml 2004-07-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.