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I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4930 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2007 Mr. Wilson of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Hayes, and Mr. Latham) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to ensure that members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces who have served on active duty or performed active service since September 11, 2001, in support of a contingency operation or in other emergency situations receive credit for such service in determining eligibility for early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Guardsmen and Reservists Parity for Patriots Act.

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Findings

Congress makes the following findings: (1)Since September 11, 2001, members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces have been sent into harm’s way and fought alongside members of the regular components of the Armed Forces. (2)Between September 11, 2001, and December 7, 2007, more than 600,000 members of the reserve components have been mobilized in support of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and for other contingency operations. (3)More than 142,000 members of the reserve components have been mobilized more than once during this same period. (4)On December 7, 2007, the conference report for H. R. 1585, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, was filed, and section 647 of the conference report consists of an amendment to section 12731 of title 10, United States Code, offering an earlier retirement benefit for members of the reserve components who are mobilized in support of contingency operations. (5)The House of Representatives agreed to the conference report on December 12, 2007, and the Senate agreed to the conference report on December 14, 2007. (6)However, the amendment made by section 647 of the conference report only considers service performed after the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, and this effective date fails to recognize the service and sacrifice made by members of the reserve components since September 11, 2001.

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Consideration of service since September 11, 2001, in determining early eligibility for receipt of non-regular service retired pay

Subsection (f) of section 12731 of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 647 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, is amended in paragraph (2)(A)— (1)by striking the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 and inserting September 11, 2001; and (2)by striking in any fiscal year after such date and inserting such duty or service after that date during fiscal year 2002 and any subsequent fiscal year.