[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1138 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1138

    To require the Federal Government to reimburse a State or local 
government for financial losses incurred when an employee of the State 
   or local government who performs public safety or first responder 
duties and who is also a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
services is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 
                                30 days.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 2009

  Mr. Weiner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require the Federal Government to reimburse a State or local 
government for financial losses incurred when an employee of the State 
   or local government who performs public safety or first responder 
duties and who is also a member of a reserve component of the uniformed 
services is called or ordered to active duty for a period of more than 
                                30 days.

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

SECTION 1. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR 
              PRODUCTIVITY LOSSES INCURRED DUE TO DEPLOYMENT OF 
              EMPLOYEES WHO ARE RESERVE COMPONENT MEMBERS.

    (a) Reimbursement Available.--Chapter 17 of title 37, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 911. Reimbursement of State and local governments for 
              productivity losses incurred due to deployment of certain 
              employees who are reserve component members
    ``(a) Reimbursement Required.--At the request of a State or local 
government that has one or more covered employees who are also members 
of a reserve component and absent from their position of employment 
with the State or local government under a call or order to serve on 
active duty for a period of more than 30 days, and subject to the 
availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary 
concerned shall reimburse the State or local government for financial 
losses incurred by the State or local government as a result of the 
absence of the covered employees in an amount equal to the amount of 
civilian compensation actually paid by the State or local government to 
the covered employees during their absence.
    ``(b) Covered Employees.--Subsection (a) applies with respect to an 
employee of a State or local government who is an emergency response 
provider, as that term is defined under section 2(6) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101(6)).
    ``(c) Regulations.--The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such 
regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) The term `civilian compensation' means the wages or 
        salary that an employee of a State or local government normally 
        receives from the employee's employment by the State or local 
        government.
            ``(2) The term `local government' means an agency or 
        political subdivision of a State.
            ``(3) The term `State' means each of the several States of 
        the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
        of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and other territories 
        or possessions of the United States.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
909 the following new item:

``911. Reimbursement of State and local governments for productivity 
                            losses incurred due to deployment of 
                            certain employees who are reserve component 
                            members.''.
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