[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1426 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1426

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention on 
 active duty after demobilization of members of the reserve components 
   of the Armed Forces following extended deployments in contingency 
    operations or homeland defense missions, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              July 9, 2009

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the retention on 
 active duty after demobilization of members of the reserve components 
   of the Armed Forces following extended deployments in contingency 
    operations or homeland defense missions, and for other purposes.

    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 and Reserve Soft 
Landing Reintegration Act''.

SEC. 2. RETENTION ON ACTIVE DUTY AFTER DEMOBILIZATION OF RESERVES 
              FOLLOWING EXTENDED DEPLOYMENTS IN CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS 
              OR HOMELAND DEFENSE MISSIONS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 1209 of title 10, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 12323. Reserves: retention on active duty after demobilization 
              following extended deployments in contingency operations 
              or homeland defense missions
    ``(a) In General.--A member of a reserve component of the Armed 
Forces described in subsection (b) shall be retained on active duty in 
the Armed Forces for a period of 90 days following the conclusion of 
the member's demobilization from a deployment as described in that 
subsection, and shall be authorized the use of any accrued leave.
    ``(b) Covered Members.--A member of a reserve component of the 
Armed Forces described in this subsection is any member of a reserve 
component of the Armed Forces who was deployed for more than 179 days 
under the following:
            ``(1) A contingency operation.
            ``(2) A homeland defense mission (as specified by the 
        Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section).
    ``(c) Pay and Allowances.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, a member on active duty under subsection (a) shall be paid pay and 
allowances as follows:
            ``(1) For the first 30 days during which the member is so 
        retained on active duty--
                    ``(A) the basic pay payable to a member of the 
                Armed Forces under section 204 of title 37 in the same 
                pay grade as the member;
                    ``(B) the basic allowance for subsistence payable 
                under section 402 of title 37; and
                    ``(C) the basic allowance for housing payable under 
                section 403 of title 37 for a member in the same pay 
                grade, geographic location, and number of dependents as 
                the member.
            ``(2) For the second 30 days during which the member is so 
        retained on active duty, basic pay, basic allowance for 
        subsistence, and basic allowance for housing as described in 
        paragraph (1) but at rates equal to 75 percent of the rates 
        otherwise payable as described in that paragraph.
            ``(3) For the third 30 days during which the member is so 
        retained on active duty, basic pay, basic allowance for 
        subsistence, and basic allowance for housing as described in 
        paragraph (1) but at rates equal to 50 percent of the rates 
        otherwise payable as described in that paragraph.
    ``(d) Release From Active Duty.--(1) A member retained on active 
duty under subsection (a) may be released from active duty at the 
request of the member at any time following the end of the 15-day 
period commencing on the date the member is retained on active duty 
under subsection (a).
    ``(2) The request of a member for release from active duty under 
this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the officer in the 
chain of command of the member in grade O-5.
    ``(e) Reintegration Counseling and Services.--(1) The Secretary of 
the military department concerned shall provide each member retained on 
active duty under subsection (a), while the member is so retained on 
active duty, counseling and services to assist the member in 
reintegrating into civilian life.
    ``(2) The counseling and services provided members under this 
subsection shall include the following:
            ``(A) Physical and mental health evaluations.
            ``(B) Employment counseling and assistance.
            ``(C) Marriage and family counseling and assistance.
            ``(D) Financial management counseling.
            ``(E) Education counseling.
            ``(F) Counseling and assistance on benefits available to 
        the member through the Department of Defense and the Department 
        of Veterans Affairs.
    ``(3) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall 
provide, to the extent practicable, for the participation of 
appropriate family members of members retained on active duty under 
subsection (a) in the counseling and services provided such members 
under this subsection.
    ``(4) The counseling and services provided to members under this 
subsection shall, to the extent practicable, be provided at National 
Guard armories and similar facilities close the residences of such 
members.
    ``(5) Counseling and services provided a member under this 
subsection shall, to the extent practicable, be provided in 
coordination with the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program of the State 
concerned under section 582 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008 (10 U.S.C. 10101 note).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 1209 of such title is amended by adding at the end the 
following new item:

``12323. Reserves: retention on active duty after demobilization 
                            following extended deployments in 
                            contingency operations or homeland defense 
                            missions.''.
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