[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1879 Engrossed in House (EH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 1879

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for employment and 
   reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time 
                          National Guard duty.

    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 ``National Guard Employment Protection 
Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOLLOWING CERTAIN NATIONAL GUARD DUTY.

    (a) Reemployment Rights.--Section 4312(c)(4) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(F) ordered to full-time National Guard duty 
                under the provisions of section 502(f) of title 32 when 
                the period of duty is expressly designated in writing 
                by the Secretary of Defense as covered by this 
                subparagraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subparagraph (F) of section 4312(c)(4) of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall apply 
with respect to an individual ordered to full-time National Guard duty 
under section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, on or after 
September 11, 2001, and shall entitle such individual to rights and 
benefits under chapter 43 of title 38 of such Code on or after that 
date.

            Passed the House of Representatives March 24, 2010.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
111th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 1879

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for employment and 
   reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time 
                          National Guard duty.