[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1381 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1381

    To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian 
 employees of the National Guard may not be required to wear military 
              uniforms while performing civilian service.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 17, 1993

    Mr. Evans (for himself, Mr. Andrews of Maine, Mr. Williams, Mr. 
 Packard, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. Peterson of 
Minnesota, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Hochbrueckner, Mr. Engel, Mr. Gutierrez, Mr. 
    Lipinski, Mr. Neal of North Carolina, Mr. Levy, Mr. Bonior, Mr. 
Sanders, Mr. Penny, Mr. Studds, Mr. Grams, and Mr. Schaefer) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on 
            Armed Services and Post Office and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that civilian 
 employees of the National Guard may not be required to wear military 
              uniforms while performing civilian service.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON MILITARY UNIFORMS FOR CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF 
              THE NATIONAL GUARD.

    (a) Prohibition.--(1) Subchapter I of chapter 59 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 5904. Prohibition against requiring civilian employees of the 
              National Guard to wear military uniforms while performing 
              civilian service
    ``(a) A civilian employee of the National Guard may not be 
required, by regulation or otherwise, to wear a military uniform while 
performing civilian service.
    ``(b) For the purpose of this section--
            ``(1) the term `civilian employee of the National Guard' 
        means an employee appointed by an adjutant general designated 
        by the Secretary concerned under section 709(c) of title 32;
            ``(2) the term `military uniform' means the uniform, or a 
        distinctive part of the uniform, of the Army or Air Force (as 
        defined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of 
        Defense); and
            ``(3) the term `civilian service' means service other than 
        service compensable under chapter 3 of title 37.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 59 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating 
to section 5903 the following new item:

``5904. Prohibition against requiring civilian employees of the 
                            National Guard to wear military uniforms 
                            while performing civilian service.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5903 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out ``this subchapter.'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``sections 5901 and 5902 of this title.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the day after the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to pay 
periods beginning on or after that effective day.

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