[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 122 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 122

To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure equitable treatment of 
 members of the National Guard and the other reserve components of the 
   United States with regard to eligibility to receive special duty 
                assignment pay; and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

 Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to ensure equitable treatment of 
 members of the National Guard and the other reserve components of the 
   United States with regard to eligibility to receive special duty 
                assignment pay; and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guard and Reserve Special Duty 
Assignment Pay Equity Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ENTITLEMENT OF RESERVES NOT ON ACTIVE DUTY TO RECEIVE SPECIAL 
              DUTY ASSIGNMENT PAY.

    (a) Authority.--Section 307(a) of title 37, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after ``is entitled to basic pay'' in the first 
sentence the following: ``, or is entitled to compensation under 
section 206 of this title in the case of a member of a reserve 
component not on active duty,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the first day of the first month that begins on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. OFFSET OF COST BY TERMINATION OF THE OPERATION OF THE EXTREMELY 
              LOW FREQUENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OF THE NAVY.

    (a) Termination Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
terminate the operation of the Extremely Low Frequency Communication 
System of the Navy.
    (b) Maintenance of Infrastructure.--The Secretary shall maintain 
the infrastructure necessary for resuming operation of the Extremely 
Low Frequency Communication System.
    (c) Excess Savings To Be Credited to Deficit Reduction.--To the 
extent, if any, that the amount of expenditures forgone for a fiscal 
year for the operation of the Extremely Low Frequency Communication 
System by reason of this section exceeds the increased cost of paying 
special duty assignment pay in that fiscal year as a result of the 
amendment made by section 2, the excess amount shall be credited to 
budget deficit reduction for that fiscal year.
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