110 HR 5791 IH: National Guard and Reserve Readiness U.S. House of Representatives 2008-04-15 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.

I 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5791 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 15, 2008 Ms. Shea-Porter (for herself 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 clarify the effective date of active duty of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces receiving an alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation for purposes of entitlement to medical and dental care as members of the Armed Forces on active duty.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Guard and Reserve Readiness Act of 2008.

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Effective date of active duty for purposes of entitlement to active duty health care of members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces receiving alert order anticipating a call or order to active duty in support of a contingency operation

Subsection (d) of section 1074 of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (d)(1)For purposes of this chapter, a member of a reserve component of the armed forces shall be treated as a member of the armed forces on active duty as follows: (A)On the date of the issuance of the alert order for the member's unit in anticipation of the mobilization of the unit for service for a period of more than 30 days in support of a contingency operation. (B)On the date of the issuance of the order providing for the assignment or attachment of the member to a unit subject to an alert order described in paragraph (1). (2)If the alert order for a member's unit (or the unit to which the member is assigned or attached) is rescinded, the member shall cease to be treated on active duty for purposes of this chapter as of the date of the issuance of the order rescinding such alert order. .