[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4733 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4733

To provide improved income security for members of the Individual Ready 
                 Reserve who are called to active duty.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 25, 2004

Ms. Hooley of Oregon introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
 Veterans' Affairs, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide improved income security for members of the Individual Ready 
                 Reserve who are called to active duty.

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

SECTION 1. MONTHLY BONUS FOR INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE MEMBERS ORDERED 
              TO ACTIVE DUTY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE MEMBERS.

    (a) Involuntary Duty Bonus.--Chapter 5 of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 327. Special pay: monthly bonus for members of Individual Ready 
              Reserve ordered to active duty without their consent
    ``(a) Monthly Bonus Required.--The Secretary concerned shall pay a 
bonus under this section to each member of the Individual Ready Reserve 
who is ordered, without the consent of the member, to active duty for a 
period of more than 30 days. The bonus shall be paid for each month 
during which the member serves on active duty pursuant to that order.
    ``(b) Amount of Bonus.--(1) The monthly rate of the bonus under 
this section is $500.
    ``(2) If a member entitled to a bonus under this section does not 
serve on active duty for an entire month, the Secretary concerned shall 
pay the member a pro rata portion of the bonus for those days of the 
month on which the member served on active duty.
    ``(c) Relationship to Other Pay or Allowances.--A bonus under this 
section is in addition to any other pay or allowance payable to a 
member under any other provision of law.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``327. Special pay: monthly bonus for members of Individual Ready 
                            Reserve ordered to active duty without 
                            their consent.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Section 327 of title 37, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a), shall apply to months beginning on or after 
October 1, 2004.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF VETERANS DISABILITY COMPENSATION BENEFITS FOR 
              MEMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE ORDERED TO ACTIVE 
              DUTY.

    (a) Title 38, United States Code.--Section 5304(c) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``The preceding sentence shall not apply to with respect to 
payment of compensation to a person who is a member of the Individual 
Ready Reserve of any of the reserve components for any period during 
which that person is on active duty after being released from the 
period of active duty during which that person incurred the disease or 
disability for which compensation is paid.''.
    (b) Title 10, United States Code.--Section 12316(b) of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a) and paragraph (1), a member of 
the Individual Ready Reserve who is entitled to disability compensation 
because of earlier military service and who is ordered to active duty 
without the consent of the member for a period of more than 30 days is 
entitled during that period of active duty both to that disability 
compensation and to the compensation described in subsection (a)(2).''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) 
shall apply to payment of compensation under title 38, United States 
Code, for months after December 2002.
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