1.This Act may be cited as the
Equal Access to Preseparation
Counseling Act
.
2.Preseparation
counseling for members of the reserve components
(a)Subsection (a)(1)
of section 1142 of title 10, United States Code, is amended—
(1)in the first
sentence—
(A)by striking
Within
and inserting (A) Within
; and
(B)by striking
of each member
and all that follows through the period at the
end of the sentence and inserting the
following:
of—(i)each member of the armed forces whose
discharge or release from active duty is anticipated as of a specific date;
and
(ii)each member of a reserve component not
covered by clause (i) whose discharge or release from service is anticipated as
of a specific date.
;
and
(2)in the second
sentence, by striking A notation of the provision of such
counseling
and inserting the following:
(B)A
notation of the provision of preseparation
counseling
.
(b)Clarification of
covered mattersSubsection (b)(7) of such section is amended by
striking from active duty
.