3.0.0 2312 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z 2023-01-11T13:26:22Z Senate S S 2014-05-08 113 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-05-08T20:57:26Z 2014-05-08 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2014-05-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2878) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2014-05-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N Armed Forces and National Security Administrative remedies Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Military medicine Military personnel and dependents National Guard and reserves Armed Forces and National Security 00 2014-05-08 Introduced in Senate 2014-07-08T20:03:31Z National Guard Technician Equity Act - Provides a person the right to be employed as a non-dual status technician if: (1) the technician position has been designated to be filled only by a non-dual status technician, or (2) the person occupying the technician position has at least 20 years of service as a dual status military technician.

Repeals: (1) the permanent limitation on the number of non-dual status technicians, and (2) the prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians.

Allows military technicians who were hired as dual status technicians but are no longer members of the Selected Reserve to continue to receive compensation.

Requires dual status military technicians who are fully qualified for, and properly performing, the duties of such position to be: (1) retained in the Armed Forces, (2) exempt from consideration for involuntary separation by a military retention board, and (3) entitled to re-enlist as enlisted members so as to maintain their eligibility for continued employment as dual status military technicians.

Provides for a technician's rights of grievance, arbitration, appeal, and review beyond the current stage of the adjutant general of the jurisdiction concerned.

Prohibits federal employees who volunteer for active National Guard and Reserve duty from accruing military leave at the rate of 15 days each fiscal year for active duty, inactive duty training, or funeral honors duty in the National Guard or Reserves.

Directs the Comptroller General to evaluate the feasibility of converting military technicians from coverage under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to coverage under the TRICARE Reserve Select option of the TRICARE program.

]]> National Guard Technician Equity Act Display Title National Guard Technician Equity Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles 5, 10, and 32, United States Code, to eliminate inequities in the treatment of National Guard technicians, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced National Guard Technician Equity Act Introduced in Senate 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2312is/xml/BILLS-113s2312is.xml 2014-05-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.