[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1780 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1780

 To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the 
Reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered 
                 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 14, 2009

 Mrs. Lincoln (for herself, Mrs. Hutchison, and Ms. Snowe) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                          on Veterans' Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service in the 
Reserve components as active service for purposes of laws administered 
                 by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

    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 ``Honor America's Guard-Reserve 
Retirees Act''.

SEC. 2. CERTAIN SERVICE PERFORMED IN THE RESERVE COMPONENTS DEEMED 
              ACTIVE SERVICE.

    Section 106 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(g) Any person who has not otherwise performed qualifying active 
duty service shall be deemed to have been on active duty for purposes 
of all laws administered by the Secretary if the person is entitled 
under chapter 1223 of title 10 to retired pay for nonregular service 
or, but for age, would be entitled under such chapter to retired pay 
for nonregular service.''.
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